Dirty Christmas song or reading too much into it?

"The following lyrics compose the musical bridge of the song:

"In the meadow we can build a snowman,

then pretend that he is Parson Brown.

He'll say 'Are You Married?' We'll say 'No man,

but you can do the job when you're in town!"

In the period when this song was written, parsons (now known as Protestant ministers) often traveled among small rural towns to perform wedding ceremonies for denominational followers who did not have a local minister of their own faith. It is therefore likely that the young adults are pretending that their snowman is a parson with the surname "Brown" who would be visiting the town again in the future. Rankin/Bass's animated special, Frosty's Winter Wonderland actually featured a clergyman by that same name. The implication is that the young adults aren't exactly planning to wait for the parson to actually marry them, before they perform marital acts, or at least, acts that are to marital acts, as snowman parsons are to real parsons. Note that in a later verse, the snowman becomes a "circus clown" and the couple have "lots of fun with..." him. And later "other kiddies knock him down." The song is only superficially about enjoying a walk on a cold day and, on a deeper level, it is about young people flaunting a disregard for authority and tradition in regard to pre-marital or extra-marital sex."

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"In the meadow we can build a snowman/And pretend that he is Parson Brown/ He'll say, "Are you married?" We'll say, "No, man. But you can do the job when you're in town". The job in question is the 'job' of marrying the two lovebirds. The song continues: "Later on, we'll conspire as we dream by the fire/ To face unafraid the plans we have made/ Walkin' in a winter wonderland." Innocent, wholesome, corny and way not dirty.

"The Job" refers to marrying them.

The song says they will build a snowman and pretend he is Parson Brown. A parson is like a priest- some kind of religious guy that can perform weddings for people.

So they're pretending that the snowman is like a priest and the priest asks them if they are married and they answer "no" but they tell the priest that he can marry them when he's really in town.

the whole stanza is...

In the meadow we can build a snowman,

Then pretend that he is Parson Brown

He'll say: Are you married?

We'll say: No man,

But you can do the job

When you're in town.

a parson is the head of a church. he performs weddings. when the pretend parson (the snowman), "asked" them if they were married, they said no but when he came to town he could marry them.

nothing dirty minded about the song at all.

The song says "In the meadow we can build a snowman, and pretend that he is parson brown" and then the part that you said. I think a parson is a minister type person and they are basically saying that he can marry them.

the word "parson" means "minister", and they just added "brown" on the end to make it like a name. but its basically saying that the minister is asking the people if they are married and they say no, and that he can "do the job" by marrying them when he comes to town.

lol thats just a little something i read the other day.

It's something they tell the Parson. "No, we're not married. But the next time you're in town, we'll get married and you can officiate."

There's nothing dirty or suggestive at all about it.

You're skipping the part that says,"

In the meadow we can build a snowman,

and pretend that he is Parson Brown (a preacher)

He'll say....

...do the job when you're in town.

They are saying that the preacher can marry them when he comes into town.

It's not at all dirty - it's cute.

They are pretending the snowman is Parson Brown. They're telling Parson Brown that he can marry them. It's not dirty.

Yes, marrying them. Just a bit of fun.

[To the tune of "Let it Snow"]

Oh, the weather outside was whitening

'Til the dog did something frightening

He's got no other place to go

Yellow snow, yellow snow, yellow snow

When the snow begins its thawing

It reveals those puppy drawings

He's a frisky little pooch van Gough

Yellow snow, yellow snow, yellow snow