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A Winter’s Tale
All the trees and shrubs loved this attention, so they competed with each other to produce the juiciest and tastiest fruit for winter.
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The Power of Winter: A Crossover Story
BY HANNAH SKIPPER She was born on the winter solstice and has the power to set the whole earth under eternal ice and snow. I say she needs to be eliminated!”
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Christmas in Neverland: A Peter Pan Story
BY HANNAH SKIPPER Wendy wholeheartedly believed the impossible dream as she laid a plate of freshly-baked chocolate cookies, a glass of cold milk.
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Spirit of Yule: A Historical Overview of the Pagan Tradition
BY RAY BURR In Rome, the Winter Solstice was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ.
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Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 2: Nicholas’ Ghost
BY LAUME “The mind is a fickle thing,” Dumbledore said. “It can be affected by a number of spells and potions.”
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The Christmas Gift – Chapter 3
Severus Snape hated Christmas. He hated the sound of people laughing and singing…
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The End of The Dark Fey
Maleficent whimpered and cowered down, as another bright light flashed above the hollow. “Shh. Hush now, my little one.”…
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A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 10
BY CAIT SMITH “You might not take up much room,” Sansa said, “but you have more books than anyone I know, and they take room.”
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Pope Francis and the Creed
BY JEREMY SILVERNAIL “Oh no son, not a whiff or a puff of smoke, you see the Father has a Son, and they’re of the same yoke.”
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Being Thankful: A Christmas at Home
BY ELIZABETH ROPER You see the guitar, thrown down on the arm-chair? We have that guitar because my mum bought it for my son.
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Movie Review: Rise of the Guardians 2012
BY MIKE FLYNN I love the characters and how DreamWorks portrays all of these classical figures from different traditions, holidays, and folklore.
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Surprise Silhouette: A Peter Pan Poem
Wee silhouette, ‘hind sinuate, Fall leaf by sun revealed a shape that only Fae could be, as quickly my steps stilled, to stare in joy and…
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The Many Types of Scottish Snow
BY MIKE FLYNN Until recently, I believed that the Eskimos held the record for possessing the most diverse range of words to describe snow.
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What Children Know
The children know the secret Little People of the Wood, those folk who set imaginations flying! They love the acorn caps that Brownies…
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Ghosts of Christmas – Chapter 1: Introduction
BY LAUME “You have asked them to visit one Albus Dumbledore, I believe. I am here to decide on your request.”
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The Christmas Gift – Chapter 2
Harry was frustrated. There was only one day left ‘til Christmas, and he still had no idea of how to get Snape in the Christmas spirit.
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Those Were the Days: A Nostalgic Reflection on Walt Disney’s Disneyland
BY M.C. Pehrson On Sunday evenings, Terry and I always dropped whatever we were doing and came running to watch Walt Disney’s Disneyland.
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A Marriage of Necessity: A Game of Thrones Story – Chapter 9
BY CAIT SMITH “Bringing a nanny with us will show to everyone else that we intend to have heirs in a short amount of time.”
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Midnight’s Reckoning
The clock has struck the midnight hour, and hastening down the stair, leaving behind glass slipper, soon to be discovered there…