(Q67625723)

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Mother Christmas

feminine personification of Christmas, and wife of Father Christmas

Yule’s wife
yules wief
Old Bet
Old Betty
Dame Dorothy
Queen Christmas
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Christmas
Mrs. Christmas
Merry Christmas
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16. century

13 November 1572

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https://borthwickinstitute.blogspot.com/2015/12/yule-and-yules-wife.html

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8390000/8390552.stm

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BBC

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William Marshall

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http://borthwickinstitute.blogspot.com/2015/12/yule-and-yules-wife.html

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Borthwick Institute for Archives

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English

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Lydia Dean

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http://www.margaretkingsbury.com/an-unusual-and-murder-y-father-christmas-story/

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English

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Margaret Kingsbury

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Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire. (English)

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1880

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87–116

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Old Bet

Old Betty

Dorothy Dame

Dame Dorothy

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pt1folklorerec03folkuoft

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https://www.archive.org/details/pt1folklorerec03folkuoft/page/87/

said to be the same as

Mrs. Claus

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Mother Christmas

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