Here, people go through our neighbor hood the night before trash pickup day and will pick up stuff. You can put out an old appliance, old lawn mower, etc., put a sign saying please take me, and it will be gone in the morning.
My dad was in both the European and Pacific theaters. He was in the invasion of North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the invasion of Italy, then his outfit was shipped to India, Burma, and China.
They must get an incredible amount of snow for Calvin to make that many snowmen. You gotta admire his work ethic with snow sculptures!