The lines above constitute the chorus of a jaunty one-step which, its publishers hoped, would lure visitors to the St. Paul Winter Carnival of 1917. This civic celebration, first held in Minnesota's capitol city for the first twelve days of February, 1886, is still held and continues to incorporate a round of activities including parades, oratory, winter sports, mock royalty, balls and constructions of ice sculptures. Since the Carnival's inception, a variety of materials—running the gamut from promotional sheet music, programs, postcards and buttons to relics from previous carnivals—have been issued and collected to boost and commemorate the city of the Winter Carnival.