A popular Halloween and winter riddle is:
Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A: Frostbite.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1989, and has been printed on many images.
Google Books
Smart Alec’s Revolting Jokes for Kids
New York, NY: Ballantine Books
1989, ©1987
Pg. 209:
What do you get if you cross a vampire with the Abominable Snowman?
Frostbite.
Google Books
Gross Out!
Over 150 Disgusting Jokes and Riddles
By R. M. Ferrara
New York, NY: Trumpet Club
1994
Pg. 48:
What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Frostbite.
18 November 1994, The News Journal (Wilmington, DE)< "Just for Laughs," 55 Hours sec., pg. 16, col. 1:
Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A. Frostbite.
Nekaila White, 11
Wilmington
24 December 1995, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), “FYI” by Maria Baca, pg. 1B:
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? Frostbite.
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
[Fwd: Submit: Halloween Riddles]
Stan Kegel
10/30/00
(...)
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Frostbite.(By Richard Lederer and P. C. Swanson)
Google Books
The Megatastic Kids’ Joke Book
By Peter Coupe
London, UK: Arcturus
2001
Pg. 218:
What do you get if you cross the Abominable Snowman and Count Dracula?
Severe frostbite!
Google Books
Christmas Snowman Jokes For Kids
By Peter Crumpton
PeteyRF Creative
2015
Pg. ?:
What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
Twitter
Kathleen Sender
@CoachSender
Since it’s so cold out…
What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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