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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8569735, member: 2844"]He is Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost, a figure from Slavic mythology. The snow crystals on his coat are a symbol of frost.</p><p>More recently he came to be associated with Father Christmas or Santa Claus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like he could be a resin cast of a carved original.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8569735, member: 2844"]He is Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost, a figure from Slavic mythology. The snow crystals on his coat are a symbol of frost. More recently he came to be associated with Father Christmas or Santa Claus. Looks like he could be a resin cast of a carved original.[/QUOTE]
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