Author: Ashley Dodge

Ashley Dodge was Grammar Girl's assistant from 2012 to 2018 and is currently an elementary school teacher.


When "Winter Wonderland" was written in the 1930s, "parson" was a term for Protestant or Anglican ministers. They would often travel from town to town performing wedding ceremonies for those who did not have a local minister of their own faith. "Parson Brown" doesn’t seem to refer to any significant historical figure from the time period and is more likely a fictional name.

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