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Winter Faerytale Week

  • The Nutcracker, An Iconic Holiday Ballet

    Welcome to the final day of Winter Faerytale Week here at White Rose of Avalon.    For this post, I have decided to discuss the classic holiday fairytale The Nutcracker and in particular, the iconic ballet based upon it! So most of us are familiar with the music of The Nutcracker, as it just sounds…

  • The Frost King; or The Power of Love by Louisa May Alcott

    For day six of Winter Faerytale Week, I have decided to focus on a tale by Louisa May Alcott.    The Frost King; or The Power of Love is one of the Wintery fairytales written by the author best known for her iconic novel Little Women. This is the story of a faery named Violet…

  • Red Riding Hood, Allegory for the Phases of Womanhood

    For day five of Winter Faerytale Week, I have chosen the topic of the tale Red Riding Hood.   This tale has a very Wintery feeling for me, as the young girl is taking a care package to her grandmother during a bleak time.   She is walking alone in the forest, after having been…

  • Snow White and Rose Red

    Welcome to day four of Winter Faerytale Week!    For this post, I have chosen Snow White and Rose Red as my topic.   The Snow White of this tale is not the same character as the Snow White of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.   Instead, this is a tale of two sisters…

  • Snow White, Child of Winter and Bringer of Spring

    Welcome to day three of Winter Faerytale Week! For this post, I have decided to discuss the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves with a focus on the deeper meaning of Snow White as a character.    I thought that this would serve as a good companion piece to yesterday’s post on the…

  • Snow White’s Wicked Queen

    Welcome to day two of Winter Faerytale Week here on White Rose of Avalon.   Today also happens to be this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, so I have chosen a classic Winter Faerytale villain as my topic.   The Wicked Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is amongst the vilest of fairytale characters.…

  • The Snow Queen and Frozen in Comparison

    Welcome to day one of Winter Faerytale Week here at White Rose of Avalon.   For this first post, I have chosen the topic of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen.   In particular, I will be comparing and contrasting it with the Disney film based on it, Frozen. The story of the original fairytale…

  • Announcing Winter Faerytale Week!

    For this bonus post, I want to announce that beginning tomorrow I will have another theme week here on White Rose of Avalon.   Each day of the week from the 15th through the 21st (which is the Winter Solstice) I will be discussing a different Wintertime faerytale or a figure from one of those…