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Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 @ 02: 05 here i come, jack frost.
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In English folklore, Jack Frost appears as an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold, winter weather; a variant of Father Winter (AKA "Old Man Winter").
Tradition holds Jack Frost responsible for leaving frosty crystal patterns on windows on cold mornings (window frost or fern frost).
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February 11, 2008