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Midwinter (other)
Midwinter is the middle of the winter. Midwinter may also refer to: * Midwinter (surname) * ''Midwinter'' (album), a 2001 album by Terry McDade and the McDades * ''Midwinter'' (novel), a 1923 novel by John Buchan * ''Midwinter'' (video game), a 1989 video game designed by Mike Singleton * Midwinter Day, or Midwinter, a celebration held in Antarctica * Midwinter Pottery, founded 1910 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, UK See also * Yule * James Midwinter Freeman (1827–1900), American clergyman and writer * California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, a World's Fair in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park * Midsummer (other) * Midvinterblot (other) * Winter solstice (other) * Winter (other) Winter is one of the four temperate seasons. Winter may also refer to: Places * Winter, Saskatchewan, Canada * Winter, West Virginia * Winter (town), Wisconsin, U.S. ** Winter, Wisconsin, U.S., a village within the town * Winters, California, ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter
Midwinter is the middle of the winter. The term is attested in the early Germanic calendars. Attestations Midwinter is attested in the early Germanic calendars, where it appears to have been a specific day or a number of days during the winter half of the year. Before the adoption of the church calendar, the date of midwinter may have varied due to the use of a lunisolar calendar, or it may have been based on a week system tied to the astronomical winter solstice. In the medieval Icelandic calendar it was the first day of Þorri, the fourth winter month, which corresponds to the middle of January in the Gregorian calendar. According to Snorri Sturluson's ''Heimskringla'' ( 1230), the pre-Christian holiday Yule was originally celebrated at midwinter, but in the 10th century, the king Haakon the Good moved it to the same day as Christmas, about three weeks earlier. Beginning in the 18th century, the term midwinter has sometimes been misunderstood as synonymous with the winter sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter (surname)
Midwinter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Billy Midwinter (1851–1890), English and Australian cricketer * Brian Midwinter, judge in Manitoba, Canada * James Robert Midwinter (1929-2017), Canadian ambassador and former inspector general of the foreign service * Eric Midwinter (born 1932), British educator and writer {{surname, Midwinter English-language surnames Surnames of English origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter (album)
The McDades are a Canadian folk band made up of siblings Shannon Johnson (violin and vocals), Solon McDade (bass and vocals), and Jeremiah McDade (multi-instrumentalist and vocals). The McDades were performers at an early age, playing folk music with their parents, Terry and Danielle McDade, in the McDade Family Band from 1974–1994. The siblings performed at the Canadian National Exhibition, the Commonwealth Games, and for the British Royal Family. They formed the McDades in 2000. In 2012 they were the subject of the documentary ''The McDades - Brother Brother Sister Making Music''. Discography * ''The Empress'' (Free Radio Records, Nov 12, 2021) * ''Bloom'' (Free Radio, 2006) – 2007 Juno Award Winner - Best Roots/Traditional Album (group), 2007 Independent Music Award Winner - Best World Album Traditional, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter (novel)
'' Midwinter: Certain travellers in old England'' is a 1923 historical novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It is set during the Jacobite rising of 1745, when an army of Scottish highlanders seeking to place Charles Stuart onto the English throne advanced into England as far South as Derby. The Prince, otherwise known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie", the grandson of the ousted King James II, required men and money from English Jacobite sympathisers, and the novel imagines why those were not forthcoming from landowners in the Western counties and Wales. It purports to sheds light on Samuel Johnson's previously unknown activities during that period. Plot The novel opens with a framing narrative telling of the discovery in a solicitor's office of an old manuscript that sheds light on Samuel Johnson's life in 1745–1746, a period that is missing from James Boswell's biography. The story itself is the supposed manuscript, fleshed out by the discoverer for publication. Alastair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter (video Game)
''Midwinter'' is a post-apocalyptic first-person (video games), first-person action role-playing game with strategy game, strategy and survival elements for the Atari ST, Amiga and Personal computer, PC. It was designed by Mike Singleton and released in 1989 by Microplay Software. The game was critically acclaimed and commercially successful enough to get a sequel titled ''Flames of Freedom'' in 1991. Plot The game is set in 2099 when the entire world is covered in snow and ice in a post-apocalyptic scenario, on the isle of Midwinter. The game package includes an extensive manual narrating its backstory in a short novella. It describes a cataclysmic meteorite strike in Burma around 2040 which caused an impact winter. The ensuing diamond dust covering the Earth brought about global cooling and consequently major economical, political and military tumult. The northern population died of glaciation and famine whereas the more temperate zones became overcrowded due to migration. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter Day
Midwinter Day, or Midwinter, is an annual celebration held across Antarctica on the day of the southern winter solstice (June 20 or 21). It is the continent's primary cultural holiday and, along with Antarctica Day, is one of two principal Antarctic holidays. It is a celebration for personnel overwintering at Antarctic research stations, although some people off the continent observe it as well. History In 1898, the crew of the '' Belgica'' were the first to spend Midwinter Day in Antarctica, although there was no celebration to commemorate it. The tradition of Midwinter celebration is most often credited to Robert Falcon Scott and the crew of the ''Discovery'' Expedition who, on June 23, 1902, observed "mid-winter festival" in a deliberate imitation of Christmas. The crew cooked and ate Christmas food, decorated the quarters in a "Christmasy" appearance, and opened Christmas presents which they had brought down with them and saved for this occasion. Expeditions during the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwinter Pottery
The Midwinter Pottery was founded as W.R. Midwinter by William Robinson Midwinter in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent in 1910 and had become one of England's largest potteries by the late 1930s with more than 700 employees. Production of Midwinter pottery ceased in 1987. History In the 1950s, under the leadership of the director Roy Midwinter, the company became one of the leading innovators in British tableware production. A large part of this was due to the noted ceramicists and designers who worked for the pottery, including Jessie Tait, Terence Conran, Hugh Casson, David Douglas, John Russell and Peter Scott. The Midwinter Pottery was also an innovator in producing 'accessories' to their basic dinner services and tea sets. The Clayburn Pottery, a sister company to Midwinter, made pieces such as lamp bases that could be added to a Midwinter dinner service. In the 1960s, the Spanish Garden design, which was very successful on dinner ware and tea sets, adorned articles such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
