Alaskan Family Builds 9-Foot-Tall Olaf In Honor Of Daughter
All the way in Anchorage, Alaska, you can find Olaf. But not just any normal Olaf, a 9 foot tall Olaf.
Lalaine Freeman said she had never built a snowman before, but felt compelled to make one and turn it into Olaf for her daughter who died back in May. She just so happened to love Frozen.
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Lalaine Freeman said she watched YouTube tutorials to figure how to create the masterpiece, which towers over the family’s yard. “It took me like a week, just the bottom part, because I don’t know what I’m doing,” Freeman laughed. “I stayed until like 11 o’clock at night just to build the six-foot-one,” she said. “Just for one day, I was able to do that.”
Then, a few days after that, Freeman got just what she needed to make this Olaf stand above the rest. “A few days before Christman, we had a heavy snow,” she said. “And I decided to just make it a big one.”
The idea first came from Freeman’s son. “He said, ‘Mom, what if we build a giant snowman so my ‘ate’ can see it…in heaven,’” she said.
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“Ate” refers to his sister, Freeman’s daughter, in Tagalog. She passed away in May after years of battling a blood disorder. She was a fan of Frozen, which is where Freeman’s son got the idea. “I am determined to do it to honor her,” Freeman said.
Now, she said it’s likely to become a tradition, though next year’s sculpture might look a bit different.
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“He said he wants to do Star Wars because we all love Star Wars at home,” Freeman said. “So we might do BB-8 or R2D2.”
But for now, Olaf will stand proudly in Freeman’s yard, not only as a reminder of a beloved daughter and sister but as a testament to what can be accomplished by a hard-working and loving family.
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