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In 1891 Helen Keller made her own reproduction of the story, titled The Frost King. In Charles Sangster's "Little Jack Frost", published in The Aldine, (Vol.7, No.16, 1875) Jack Frost is a playful being who runs around playing pranks and 'nose-biting', coating places with snow before being chased off by Dame Nature for spring. [9]
"The Frost King" (originally titled "Autumn Leaves" [1]) is a short story about King Jack Frost written by Helen Keller, then 11. [2] Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan , had mentioned that the autumn leaves were "painted ruby, emerald, gold, crimson, and brown," and Keller, by her own account, imagined fairies doing the work.
Frost fairs were a rare event even in the coldest parts of the Little Ice Age. Some of the recorded frost fairs were in 695, 1608, 1683–84, 1716, 1739–40, 1789, and 1814. Recreational cold weather winter events were far more common elsewhere in Europe, for example in the Netherlands, where at least many canals often froze over.
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The game is heavily inspired by the 1964 Soviet fairy-tale movie Jack Frost (Морозко). [1] The authors of the game read over 1,000 original Russian and Czech fairy tales and legends to gain inspiration. [2] The game was developed by Centauri Production with Bohemia Interactive providing motion-capture technology.