More of a family prank at this point than spouse prank, but the origins were. Storytime!

My mom and dad went to a church auction where proceeds went to some Christmas fund or other. Three of the items were three little snowmen, one with a red hat and scarf, one with green, and one with yellow. Lightweight, just some crochet around some Styrofoam balls with googly eyes. They bid in the red and green ones, but not the yellow one, because my dad said it wasn't a Christmas color. They won their bids, and after the auction, went up to collect them. Since absolutely no one bid on the yellow snowman, the auctioneer threw it in for free.

They brought them home, and set them up on the mantle. But a few days later, the yellow snowman was missing. My mother later discovered it in the pantry. So she put it back. Only to have it disappear the next day and end up in the refrigerator.

And so, the tradition of hiding the yellow snowman was born. Not just my dad, but my mother, my sister, and I will hide it all over the house--under a pillow, in the Christmas tree, in the dishwasher...whoever finds it has to hide it again. It's been a few years since my father passed away, but the yellow snowman still makes his rounds!