The snowman in Hogwarts' front courtyard did indeed have something to do with the Weasley Twins. That obnoxious parsnip was their handiwork, but what exactly it said depended on the wishes of its user.
When Professor McGonagall tracked them down to demand an explanation, the two Mr. Weasleys proved their innocence with a great handful of parsnips all loudly declaring, "I love my family, I love my friends, I love everyone, I love this world!"
"Professor, this is a neutral product. You can choose to have it express love, or you can choose to have it swear," Fred Weasley said innocently. "The choice lies with the user."
George Weasley added, "Our original intention in creating it was to make the snowmen you worked so hard to build a little livelier-or a little tastier."
Persuaded, Professor McGonagall finally let them off, and demanded their customer list, allowing no refusal.
Following the list, she successfully found the culprit-or rather, the student delivered himself right to her.
He was a second-year Gryffindor named Cormac McLaggen. While eating in the Great Hall, he bet his friends in front of dozens of people that a Slytherin would definitely be limping around soon-because the trap snowman he had set up had disappeared.
"Someone fell for it in just one day! Just you watch, I'm definitely right-some unlucky sod believed what I said and broke his own leg kicking it," Cormac said smugly. "But he melted the snowman so he wouldn't leave any evidence of his stupidity!"
Professor McGonagall, who happened to be passing, immediately caught the student, deducted twenty points on the spot, and told him that nobody had been injured by that ugly snowman. Cormac insisted that this was absolutely impossible and began questioning the truth of his Head of House's words.
"Professor, with all