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A group of men and women are lined up in Memorial Park, standing guard in front of the legislature and looking out into the snow.

They're snowmen, built by a group of snow enthusiasts on Saturday.

Sonja Lundstrom, Scott Madams and others got together to play in the park and leave snowmen behind for the city to enjoy.

"We've invited all of Winnipeg down to celebrate our wonderful snow and to have fun together," Lundstrom said. "We're building relationships and we're sending a great message to our city and our people about this gift that we've been given. And we're having fun. What could be better?"

They provided adornment for the snowmen, including coal eyes and red velvet hearts.

The group is promoting a new method of building snowmen, deciding against the traditional rolling of three balls—which can be a little challenging when they snow is dry in very cold temperatures.

Instead, they decided to shovel snow into clear plastic sleeves made from garbage bags with the bottoms cut off. Once the sleeve is packed tightly with snow, the sleeve is pulled off, leaving behind a column of snow that can be sculpted.

A video of that method can be viewed on the Snowman City Facebook page.

JTF wrote:The best part of their method (can be done with cardboard boxes too) is that snowpeople (or sculptures) can be made with the snow we currently have, which is not very good for doing much of anything.