Stories and Crafts are universal; they go hand in hand.  They can come from anywhere, and do, and they can go everywhere … appeal to any age.  And they do.  Sometimes, this amazes us.  And we were amazed, again, this year … as, over the course of Folklore Village’s 56^th Annual Mid-Winter festival, Celeste and I were joined by young and old alike in the active pursuit of Story-telling and accompanying hands-on craft experiences … . 

Winter Tales

“How Bear Lost His Tail” … involves a very cold wind, a lake, a crafty Fox, a very hungry bully-of-a-Bear … and a fishing expedition that teaches Bear a lesson he remembers to this very day.  This we followed by a Russian story – “Ivan and the Firebird.”  Take three brothers and a father (who happens to be a Tsar) with a magical secret …and add a bit more of magic --  okay … add a lot of magic – including a magical, talking, hungry great-grandfather wolf who takes Prince Ivan into his care – and it makes for a very good tale.  There is a quest; there is justice and treachery … and, of course, there is a happy ending.

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