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Appendix to Suske en Wiskeweekblad 1995, no. 52. Newspaper: Het Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden. Date of publication: December 17, 1974 - February 15, 1975. Inks: Eric de Rop. The story was written for the 1973 Winter Book, in which it first appeared together with The mini-musketeer, a short story by Jerom. The story takes place on the longest night and on the shortest day of the year, the winter point (around) December 21. The story refers to the Christmas story: Joseph of Nazareth and Mary (mother of Jesus) have to go to their own country to register and spend the night in a stable where Jesus is born. Suske en Wiske play the roles of Josef and Maria, Snowijt seems to be baby Jesus in the nativity scene. Sire Flip (the bird) resembles the poinsettia when the twinkle of the moon lights up its crown in the sky. The three wise men from the East come through the poinsettia to the stable, in this story they are Hail, Snow and Wind. The Spaniards want to kill Snowijt, because his mother will no longer have any power. This is similar to the Bethlehem infanticide. The story is also about the Spanish occupation and the Eighty Years' War. Winters nowadays no longer seem as harsh as they used to be, long-term thick packs of snow have become rare.
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