Bob Mann leans against the 5 meter high snowman he built in the front yard of his London, Ontario home on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. (DEREK RUTTAN/QMI AGENCY)

Maybe it was all that waiting, but when Bob Mann made his snowman, he went big.

The six-metre snowman, sporting a dapper top hat, stands in the front yard of his home on Godfrey Dr., in the Huron and Highbury area.

Mann planned to build the snowman last year, fashioning the top hat out of a 20-litre pail and sewing four scarves together.