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  • Back in Otherworld, on Midwinter's Eve, most of the city showed up at the Erulizi Falls, which poured into Lake Y'Leveshan.

    Changeling Galenorn, Yasmine 2007

  • Taverns always did a roaring business on Midwinter's Day.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • In a place like Skopentzana, where the sun barely climbed over the horizon at the solstice, Midwinter's Day took on a special urgency, for Skotos seemed closer to triumph here than he did farther south.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • Lamplight made a sorry substitute for daylight, but on Midwinter's Day daylight would not serve.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • On Midwinter's Day, the day of the solstice (and a great festival all over the Empire), it poked its nose up over the horizon, scuttled across the southernmost sky, and then sank again.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • To his way of thinking, they turned Midwinter's Day liberty into license.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • WhatI wonder most right now is, how am I supposed to enjoy the rest of Midwinter's Day?

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • Anything could happen on Midwinter's Day, but a religious argument wasn't what he had in mind.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • The chieftain, as it turned out, was also looking for him: the sort of mishap that made people laugh in a Midwinter's Day skit.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

  • Someone flung a rotten squash at him, as if he belonged to a bad Midwinter's Day mime troupe.

    Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005

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