article_snippet.sent: A family on New York's Long Island took a small ball of ice from a snowman to store in the freezer until next winter, when he will come to life again .
article_snippet.sent: Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park says Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park and Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park family built a snowman in January, when a snowman grew to be more than 9-feet tall.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, a snowman's height has fluctuated as late winter storms have continued to dump snow even into March.
article_snippet.sent: a snowman started out as a small project for fun, and a snowman's morphed into the ongoing snow saga, and a snowman's a great thing that makes everybody smile and happy, and we're having fun with a snowman still,' Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park told CBS New York last week.
article_snippet.sent: But since the beginning of April, a snowman began shrinking and the family started a Facebook page asking for 'snownations' to keep the family beloved  
article_snippet.sent: Above, pictures of a snowman this winter, when Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park climbed to 9-feet tall after a late January snow storm .
article_snippet.sent: The announced the end of a snowman's relatively long life on Facebook. '
article_snippet.sent: I never could have imagined the Save the Snowman idea becoming all that the Snowman idea has become.
article_snippet.sent: the Snowman idea has been one great ride...
article_snippet.sent: ...say hi when u go by, Facebook don't need a snowman to remind Facebook that a smile and a wave goes a long way!'
article_snippet.sent: The family is currently storing a small ball of ice in The family freezer to start a new snowman next winter.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mike Fregoe is keeping a small snowball in the freezer to start a new snowman next winter .