Even worse, scary and deadly creatures hide beneath the thick snow... they are the Snowmen...
..may as well go all-in and make them Snowmen Clown Santa Popes, then.
If you're going with "not-scary absurdism" for a horror genre fic, putting limits on it just seems weird.
Take
Killer Klowns From Outer Space. Those were clowns, aliens,
and vampires. Those guys
got it.