article_snippet.sent: But before a snowman withered away, Mike Fregoe became somewhat of an internet celebrity, with more than 3,000 people liking the page the family dedicated to One family on New York's Long Island carrot-nosed friend on Facebook.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park says Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park has kept a snowman alive with Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park teen daughter Rebecca. '
article_snippet.sent: Keeping winter alive: Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park went to a local park every day to collect melting snow by the bucket-full to add to Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park .
article_snippet.sent: Last ditch effort: Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park pictured adding to a snowman last week, when the weather was so warm Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park was wearing a tank top .
article_snippet.sent: n’t take snow from an ice skating rink or any artificial snow,' Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park said. '
article_snippet.sent: The only way Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park is going to stay alive is with the snow from this winter.'
article_snippet.sent: Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park says Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park's received snow from people visiting a snowman from as far away as Vermont, as well as closer communities like the Hamptons.
article_snippet.sent: The Fregoes also did a lot of the work themselves, taking daily trips to a local park to shovel melting snow by the bucket load.
article_snippet.sent: In Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park natural environment: a snowman pictured above on March 20, in the midst of a spring snowstorm .
article_snippet.sent: Getting a tan: Frosty sports a hat for St Patrick's day on the left, and is shielded from the sun on the right with an umbrella .
article_snippet.sent: To protect a snowman from melting faster, they also shaded Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park with an umbrella and comically added a bottle of suntan lotion to one of Mike Fregoe of Massapequa Park twig arms.
article_snippet.sent: Last week, when Mr Fregoe spoke with CBS, temperatures had risen so much that Mr Fregoe was shoveling snow in a tank top.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Fregoe family of Massapequa Park, New York built The Fregoe family of Massapequa Park, New York own Frosty in January .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Thanks to late winter storms that stretched into spring, The Fregoe family of Massapequa Park, New York was able to keep the snowman alive for months .
  