Burning the Winter Blues

Every year, Whitehorse observes the coming of spring by burning an effigy of old man winter in the Burning Away the Winter Blues celebration.

Every year, Whitehorse observes the coming of spring by burning an effigy of old man winter in the Burning Away the Winter Blues celebration.

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