Snow Globe Snow Globe Series. Hard to believe – but the cute Hoptimists exchange their wobbly spring for a hearty snowstorm: Lotte Steffensen takes up the legendary design created by Hans Gustav Ehrenreich in 1968 and combines the well-known Hoptimist figure with a tried-and-true clear glass globe, in which flakes are swirled around when shaken. This brings back memories from childhood – or creates new ones when the wonderful glass globe is given as a gift. Snow Globe Snowman. Hoptimist provides the glass globe with a small Hoptimist as a snowman – complete with a carrot-colored nose, a black top hat, and branches for arms under a tree laden with snow.