Parson Brown?

I'm sure all of you have heard of the famous Christmas song "Winter Wonderland". I've heard that song so many times in my lifetime. I really like that song, too!

"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland."

Well, just the other day, I had it stuck in my head at work... and when I got to this part: "In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend that he is Parson Brown." I was then thinking about it and I always figured the singer wanted to pretend the snowman is this "parson brown" because I always figured it was a "skin" color and then they could get married... or something like that. So, I asked my local cube-mates at work what color "Parson Brown" really was, because I'd never seen it on a crayon or to describe any other brown color. It was then that I found out the truth.

"Parson" is a noun. A name for a minister or pastor. Used back when the lyricist, Richard B. Smith wrote it and published it in 1934. And "Brown" just happens to be the last name of this pastor guy/snowman!

So, here I am, 28 years old, finally finding out that the song I've been singing for practically 28 years, has to do with this snowman that they want to pretend is a pastor!

Please, somebody, tell me that I'm not the only person that did not know this!!!