Grandpa Frost (Dedek mraz) has been around for about 70 years now, and despite the 1990s poor projections about his survival after the change in political system, is about to enter the 2020s alive and well. You can read more about this gift giving figure read here.
Below, you can see some of the early pictures from Maribor and elsewhere of Grandpa Frost (Dedek Mraz) on gift-giving visits to schools, hospitals and public halls that might be even more interesting in terms of the event’s surroundings and kids’ fashions of the day.
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at OŠ Franc Rozman - Stane, 1961; Photo: Danilo Škofič
Dedek Mraz at pediatric hospital in Maribor, 1959
Dedek Mraz at pediatric hospital in Maribor, 1959
Dedek Mraz, location unknown, 1961, Photo: Jože Gal
Dedek Mraz, location unknown, 1961, Photo: Jože Gal
Dedek Mraz, location unknown, 1961, Photo: Jože Gal
Dedek Mraz, location unknown, 1961, Photo: Jože Gal
