The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and published by Random House in the United States in November of the same year.

A sequel, The Snowman and the Snowdog, was released in 2012. Its broadcast, usually on Christmas Eve on Channel 4, has become an annual festive event in the UK. It came third in Channel 4's poll of 100 Greatest Christmas Moments in 2004. It was voted number 4 in UKTV Gold's Greatest TV Christmas Moments. The film ranked at number 71 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, based on a vote by industry professionals. The orchestral score was performed by the Sinfonia of London and the song was performed by Peter Auty, a St Paul's Cathedral choirboy. It has no words, with the exception of the central song, ' Walking in the Air'. The story is told through pictures, action and music, scored by Howard Blake. It was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 55th Academy Awards and won a BAFTA TV Award. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an immediate success. It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4.

The Snowman is a 1982 British animated television film based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book The Snowman.

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