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——————— merry christmas, rumbellers! ♥

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Snow Globes

A Rumbelle Secret Santa fic for @rosexknight

Prompt: Dreaming of white Christmases

Mr Gold was crying.  He was hiding it well behind his sunglasses and the curtain of his long salt and peppered coloured hair. But if you dared to look his way you could see the odd tear escape and run down his pained face. The man who only ever snarled at you or cut you down with a sarcastic jibe was sat on the floor in the corner of the vets, a crumpled mess. His usually immaculate suit was creased beyond help, soiled with mud and grass stains.  His dog lay wheezing and twitching in his lap. The normally ruthless landlord whispered words of comfort to his bedraggled mutt while softly stroking the poor creature’s  black and golden mane.  

It was the fourth dog today brought into the overcrowded waiting room of Miss Green’s Veterinary Practice. One had been fitting on the floor while the nurses desperately tried to save it.  Another had been put to sleep as Gold had entered, cradling his dog and dragging his foot behind him, his cane unusually nowhere to be seen.

The little sign lit up again, “Please be quiet while we say goodbye to a beloved friend” it proclaimed. A sobbing owner handed over notes, the final indignity of an horrendous experience.  “You’ve ripped my heart out and now you want the last of my money too!” he managed to blurt out before grumpily stomping out of the side door. Miss Green smiled falsely and said “they sleep in peace now” to his departing back.  Her bright red hair clashed uncomfortably with her green overalls, she scanned the room hurriedly looking for her next patient.  Spotting Gold she paced towards him grasped his ailing dog and carried him away to the back, calling callously, “you will be called when we need you”.  Mr Gold  was too shocked and bereft to speak coherently, he desperately tried to get to his feet, but without his cane he struggled and slumped back to the floor.  The Beast of Storybrooke was officially broken.

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Mr Gold's shop and Globes

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Record collections

Wendy Suen was given a snow globe by her husband for Christmas in 2000. Since then she has gone on to accumulate the Largest collection of snow globes in the world. 

The Chinese Canadian now has a staggering 4,059 individual snow globes stored in her home in Shanghai.

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Globe museum vienna

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Snow globe museum vienna

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Original snow globe museum and factory vienna

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Snow globes

Everything you wanted and didn't want to know about the critters

A snow globe is a decorative novelty item consisting of a scene inside a transparent globular or ellipsoid-like shape.

‘Snow globes’ are also known as ‘snow domes’, ‘snow shakers’, ‘snowstorms’, ‘snow scenes’, and ‘water globes’.

Snow globes generally consist of tiny white flakes in a liquid, which is mainly water, which when shaken up, simulates snow falling.

It is thought that snow globes originated in France in Europe, with the first known record being a globe of water and white powder, with a man holding an umbrella, which was on display at the Paris Universal Expo in 1878.

To prevent the liquid inside a snow globe from freezing during cold temperatures, an antifreeze such as glycol, is often added to the water, while glycerine or another ingredient is sometimes added to slow the movement of the flakes in the liquid.

Snow globes were first patented in the year 1900, in Austria, by Erwin Perzy, a mechanic of surgery instruments, who is believed to have thought of the idea whilst attempting to increase light bulb luminescence.

The production and demand of snow globes increased between the 1920s and the 1940s, with the rise of cheaper production methods and materials, while popularity grew as a direct result of the globes being dramatically smashed in a scene of the 1940 film Kitty Foyle.

Although snow globes are commonly used for ornamental purposes, in some cases, they were initially purposed for and used as paperweights.

Snow globes are commonly sold as collectible items or souvenirs, and they have sometimes been distributed for free for advertising purposes.

Traditionally, snow globes consisted of a glass globe with bone, ceramic or rice particles, though in modern times, both the globe and flakes are often plastic, and occasionally glitter is used.

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Present for @rosexknight

Getting so many error messages today I'm worried my ask may not have gone through.

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Gingerbread man or reindeer? It's the way you choose to ice them.

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You'd never seen real snow. You dreamt about having a white christmas, even if it was just once. Not much chance living in Australia. So you collected snow globes and made wishes on shooting stars.

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Hot chocolate and the smell of cinnamon. Gingerbread men and reindeers ready to ice. Super warm gloves, a gift from your love because you keep putting your icy fingers inside his jumper and making him flinch and spill his tea.

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We are all dreaming of a white christmas because that is what it looks like in your favourite story.