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  2. Olaf the White - Wikipedia

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    Olaf married Aud the Deep-minded (Auðr), daughter of Ketil Flatnose, the ruler of the Hebrides, according to Icelandic traditions (Landnámabók, Laxdæla saga). The Irish sources name Olaf's wife only as the daughter of a "King Aedh". [2] Olaf and Auðr had a son, Thorstein the Red (Þorsteinn rauðr), who attempted to conquer Scotland in the ...

  3. The story behind the song 'White Christmas' is even sadder ...

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    Berlin's three-week-old son had died on Christmas day in 1928, so every year on December 25, he and his wife visited their baby's grave, Jody Rosin, author of White Christmas: The Story of an ...

  4. Aud the Deep-Minded (Ketilsdóttir) - Wikipedia

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    She married Olaf the White (Oleif), son of King Ingjald, who had named himself King of Dublin after going on voyages to Britain and then conquering the shire of Dublin. They had a son named Thorstein the Red. After Oleif was killed in battle in Ireland, Aud and Thorstein journeyed to the Hebrides. Thorstein married there and had six daughters ...

  5. Thorstein the Red - Wikipedia

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    He was born around 850 AD and was the son of Olaf the White, King of Dublin, and Aud the Deep-minded, who was the daughter of Ketil Flatnose. [1] After the death of Olaf, Aud and Thorstein went to live in the Hebrides, then under Ketil's rule. [2] Thorstein eventually became a warlord and allied with the Jarl of Orkney, Sigurd Eysteinsson. [1]

  6. 19 Little-Known Facts About the Holiday Classic, 'White ...

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    White Christmas made a lot of money. White Christmas was the second-highest-grossing film of 1954, losing out only to The Caine Mutiny. Its haul at the box office? A whopping $12 million. 5. Fosse ...

  7. You'll Never Believe These Fun 'White Christmas' Movie Facts ...

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    The song’s titular film soon after became a hit as well, as White Christmas was the most successful movie in 1954.. This was the #1 box office hit of 1954, with rentals of $12 million, beating ...

  8. White Christmas (song) - Wikipedia

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    "White Christmas" is a song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn , the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards .

  9. Saga of Erik the Red - Wikipedia

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    Following Olaf's death in battle, she and their son Thorstein the Red left Ireland for the Hebrides, where Thorstein became a great warrior king. Upon his death, she sailed to Orkney, where she married off Thorstein's daughter, Groa, and then to Iceland, where she had relatives and gave extensive land grants to those in her party.