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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 3672164, member: 136"]Maybe because she's <b><i>freezing</i></b>???</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Frozen Charlotte</b> is a name used to describe a specific form of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_doll" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_doll" rel="nofollow">china doll</a> made from c. 1850 to c. 1920. The dolls had substantial popularity during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" rel="nofollow">Victorian era</a>. The name of the doll originates from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow">American</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_ballad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_ballad" rel="nofollow">folk ballad</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Charlotte" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Charlotte" rel="nofollow">Fair Charlotte</a>, based on the poem "A Corpse Going to a Ball"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seba_Smith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seba_Smith" rel="nofollow">Seba Smith</a>, which tells of a young girl called Charlotte who refused to wrap up warmly to go on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleigh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleigh" rel="nofollow">sleigh</a> ride because she did not want to cover up her pretty dress; she froze to death during the journey.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>The poem originated from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer" rel="nofollow">New York Observer</a> article, published 8 February 1840, that described the story of a woman that froze to death whilst traveling in a sleigh to a New Year's eve ball.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>from: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)" rel="nofollow">Frozen Charlotte (doll) - Wikipedia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 3672164, member: 136"]Maybe because she's [B][I]freezing[/I][/B]??? [I][B]Frozen Charlotte[/B] is a name used to describe a specific form of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_doll']china doll[/URL] made from c. 1850 to c. 1920. The dolls had substantial popularity during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era']Victorian era[/URL]. The name of the doll originates from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']American[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_ballad']folk ballad[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Charlotte']Fair Charlotte[/URL], based on the poem "A Corpse Going to a Ball"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seba_Smith']Seba Smith[/URL], which tells of a young girl called Charlotte who refused to wrap up warmly to go on a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleigh']sleigh[/URL] ride because she did not want to cover up her pretty dress; she froze to death during the journey.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-2'][2][/URL]The poem originated from a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Observer']New York Observer[/URL] article, published 8 February 1840, that described the story of a woman that froze to death whilst traveling in a sleigh to a New Year's eve ball.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][/I] from: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Charlotte_(doll)']Frozen Charlotte (doll) - Wikipedia[/URL][/QUOTE]
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