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  2. Old Man Winter - Wikipedia

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    Old Man Winter is a personification of winter. [1] [2] The name is a colloquialism for the winter season derived from ancient Greek mythology and Old World pagan beliefs evolving into modern characters in both literature and popular culture. [3] He is usually depicted as an old man, often blowing winter over the landscape with his breath, or ...

  3. Exeter Book Riddles - Wikipedia

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    The modern sculpture 'The Riddle' on Exeter High Street by Michael Fairfax, which is inscribed with texts of Old English riddles and evokes how they reflect the material world. The Exeter Book riddles are a fragmentary collection of verse riddles in Old English found in the later tenth-century anthology of Old English poetry known as the Exeter ...

  4. 25 Classic Winter Books to Read by the Fire - AOL

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    $2.99 at amazon.com. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Chronicles of Narnia are a classic of children's literature for a reason, but particularly fitting for our winter books reading list ...

  5. Tom Dawe - Wikipedia

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    From the lesson, Dawe became highly proficient at public delivery. As an example (like many other events through the years), Dawe successfully led the 2015 holiday CBC audio presentation of The Old Man's Winter Night. [2] Tom Dawe was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011 and an Officer of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2012 ...

  6. Jack Frost - Wikipedia

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    In Margaret T. Canby's "Birdie and His Fairy Friends" (1874), there is a short story titled "The Frost Fairies." In this story, Jack Frost is the king of the Winter Spirits and is described as a kind fellow who wants to help children, whereas a king of a neighboring kingdom, King Winter, is cruel to them. The story tells the origins of how Jack ...

  7. Mountain Interval - Wikipedia

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    The book was republished in 1920, and after making several alterations in the sequencing of the collection, Frost released a new edition in 1924. [citation needed] Five lyrics of the earlier collection were compiled next under the title "The Hill Wife". In this volume only three poems are written in dramatic monologue.

  8. List of Christmas-themed literature - Wikipedia

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    Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Stick Man [2] Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box, The Light of Christmas [2] [4] Cornelia Funke, When Santa Fell to Earth; Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas; Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Astrid Lindgren, Brenda Brave Helps Grandmother (Kajsa Kavat hjälper mormor)

  9. Talk:Old Man Winter - Wikipedia

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