When the going gets hot, the Böögg gets burning. That might not be the exact idiom that Americans are used to, but the people of Switzerland might get what you're saying. Each spring, on the third ...

In April, a giant snowman is lit on fire in Zurich's town square. The sooner its head explodes the closer spring is. Zürich Tourism/Andreas Omvik The Böögg is filled with approximately 140 sticks of ...

A Zurich tradition, the burning of the Böög, involves a giant snowman made of burlap and wood, a whole lot of firecrackers, and hours of festivities.