Snowy Origin

Contestants, welcome to the first episode of the first season of The Great British Babushka Show! You have the fabric, scissors, thread, and needles. Your goal is simple, but not at all easy. You will have to

design, sew, promote, and mass produce a memorable line of winter hats. You have 48 sleepless hours to pull this off. A booming, genteel voice caresses your ears like rich velvet with the words, "make it work!"

Fortunately he had always had a passion for winter wear. 48 hours would be a challenge, but he was the right man for the job. He took out his vast collection of holiday fabrics and set up the sewing machine. In no time the hats were done! But how would he get the word out?

He thought about it upside down, making sure his head got enough blood. Perhaps that was why he came up with the ingenious idea: he would become a crazy, global philanthropist in a sled and advertise by always wearing a red hat sample! Everyone around the world would know him!

But what would he do about all his wife’s dwarf cousins? He put them to work manufacturing his wares before his sales trips. They even got their own hats. The only problem now was location.

At a coffeeshop, he pored over maps of suburban Baltimore County. “Brother,” said a man with an oil-stained motorcycle jacket, “if you’re searchin’ for land, I’ve got a hell of a deal for ya.” He unrolled a huge sheet of paper on the table, blank except for two words: NORTH POLE.