In The Frosty Winter of Norreduth

**In The Frosty Winter of Norreduth** it's a game made in 2007, for the laptop. The game was made by Under The Weather.co. It's a fantasy hidden object game, based on real life events (some of it). The game got a 3.3 stars by the community and received some backlash for ingenuity and controversy.

Rated E10+

## Story

### Chapter 1: We're Going Somewhere

You play as Arny Richwallet. He is a successful business man on a vacation for the Christmas season to a ski lodge up in Norreduth, a very snowy town located near the Northern Pole. We'll just start the story now. While on his vacation, Arny goes to a Christmas store, to get a Christmas gift for his wife, and while at the store, he overhears 2 Christmas cowboys talking about a crazy cabin, that has more snow than other cabins, someone even says there's raindeers down there.

After hearing this conversation, Arny approaches the 2 Christmas cowboys. But before being able to approach the Christmas cowboys, Arny has to do a hidden object search/scene/who cares what ya call it, to find where the Christmas cowboys are in the store.

In this search/scene, you need to click on these items to find the Christmas cowboys:

* 1x Key
* 2x Goldfish
* 1x Hairbrush
* 3x Turtle Doves
* 2x Candy Canes
* 1x White Underpants
* A Wall
* 2x Doors

After doing so, you will find the Christmas cowboys, they're twins!!! They both look like Jack Frost. Arny asks them where to find the cabin, in order to get a unique Christmas item for his wife. Arny arrives at the cabin, and needs to enter the house. But before entering the house you need to do a hidden object scene.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to get inside the house:

* 1x Snowblower
* 1x Toothpick
* 1x Carrot
* 1x Window
* 2x Faucets
* 1x Railroad Ties
* 1x Stop Sign
* 2x Christmas Frogs

After doing so, you will be able to get to the front door and open it.

### Chapter 2: Arny Is Now In The Cabin To Find A Gift For His Wife

Arny is inside the cabin and he stops and hears a "HO HO HO" up at the top stairs of the building. He imediatally runs and hides in the garage because he knows he's trespassing. He finds a Honda Civic and a red sleigh in the garage, and he goes to try and hide in the red sleigh, but he sees a red bag and jumps in it to hide. Arny then realizes that there's a ton of cool gifts in here, and he can easily get one for his wife.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to get a gift for your wife:

* 1x Pink Toothbrush
* 1x Frying Pan
* 1x Oven
* 1x Cookie Cutter
* 3x Utensils
* 1x Spatula
* 2x Cooking Mittens
* 1x Soap
* 2x Laundry Detergent
* 3x Candy Canes
* 1x Christmas Frog

While searching in the bag, you notice it starts moving, then you realize, it's because you are also moving. You still get scared and run upstairs. But then you notice there is stuff blocking the stairs. So you do a hidden object search to clear the stairs.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to clear the stairs:

* 1x Hairbrush
* 1x Globe Thing
* 2x Basketballs
* 1x Santa Hat
* 2x Christmas Frogs
* 1x Cup of Coffee
* 1x Half Broken Bucket
* 1x Bucket
* 2x Keys

Once finishing the search, you clear the stairs and keep the half broken bucket. You walk up the stairs, you see footprints in the house because of with snow. And a half eaten cookie, with sips of milk. A new search begins.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to determine who was there:

* 1x Santa Hat
* 1x Milk (if you click the milk you can pour it into the half broken bucket, you have to do this to progress)
* 3x Candy Canes
* 5x Coins
* 1x Toothpick
* 1x Car Wash Coupon
* 1x Staple in the Wall
* 1x Table
* 1x Cookie
* 1x Bifocal Perscription Glasses

You keep the half broken bucket filled with milk and the car wash coupon. But suddendly, you have to run because you hear someone coming. You run into the dining hall downstairs.

### Chapter 3: Emergency Claus

You um, what do you call it, you're in the dining hall, with your back against the wall, afraid because Arny hears someone coming. Above and behold, Saint Nick, the good ol' Santa Claus, father Christmas. Santa says "What are you doing in my house?" Arny simply says: "I didn't know, I was just checking things out". Santa Claus asks for milk, and says not to talk to him until you bring him milk. Arny wants to apologize to Santa, so he needs to give him milk. Arny realizes that his bucket full of milk, no longer has any milk, since it's half broken. As you see, Santa is joyfully and menacingly judging you. Arny walks outside to try and find some milk. After this you go into the backyard, full of lots of snow and a fence. This starts a search scene.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to find milk:

* 2x Bottlecaps
* 1x Penquin Statue
* 1x Christmas Frog
* 2x Empty Bottles
* Uncover snow to find 1x Empty Milk Jug
* Arny finds a key inside the milk jug, then Arny says: "Hmm, a key"
* 2x Red Sandals
* 1x Wooden Chair
* 2x Snowy Owls
* 1x Sticker of a Christmas Frog
* You can click and look at a gate, this prompts Arny to say: "Hmm this gate leads to a pasture, I wonder if I could find a Christmas Cow. But darn the thing, I can't open it. I need a crowbar."

After completing the search you obtain the key.

Arny goes to the Fireplace room. While in there, you start a search. Arny says: "Ugh, I need to find a crowbar, maybe ones in here"

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to find a crowbar:

* 1x Candy Cane
* 1x Blue Christmas Present
* 1x Christmas Tree Star
* 1x Santa Claus Ornament
* 1x Puppy Ornament
* 1x Picture of Ms. Claus
* 1x Elf DVD, Starring Mill Darrell
* 1x TV Remote
* 1x Snow Filled Hourglass
* 1x Bucket Filled With Water
* 1x Christmas Round Cube
* 1x Zuper Zebra Stuffed Animal (Originally titled Zuper Zebra Ztuffed Animal but was changed due to accessibility for certain groups of people & minorities)

After completing the search, you keep the Bucket Filled with Water.

You use the bucket filled with water to put out the fireplace. Oh no! It wasn't a bucket filled with water. It was a bucket, filled with milk! Arny says: "Ah.. should've checked.. Can't cry over spilt milk". After this you find a crowbar inside the fire stove. You try and grab it, but it's to hot to touch. Arny goes back to the dining hall to ask Santa for some gloves. Santa says: "Hmm.. I'm not quite sure, but you should probably check upstairs".

You go over to the, you know, what? what? You go up to the dining area, oh no sorry, I mean go upstairs for gloves. Then you do a search.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to find gloves:

* 1x Christmas Wreath
* 1x Cloth
* 1x Cranberry Can
* 1x Toy Sleigh
* 2x Turtle Doves
* 3x Candy Canes
* 7x Mints
* 1x Left Handed Glove, Once picking the glove up, Arny says: "Ah, too bad I'm right handed"
* 1x Wrapping Tape

You keep the left handed glove, cloth, and the wrapping tape. If you grab the wrapping tape in your inventory and select the cloth, and drag one into one another, it crafts a right handed glove. You have to combine both gloves, for a pair of gloves. After forming the pair of gloves, you can grab the crowbar. After grabbing it: Arny says "Ah.. I got you."

With the crowbar, you pry open the snowy fence in the backyard. After walking out into the pasture, you see a Christmas cow. accompanied by 2 people. You walk over and it is the Christmas cowboys.

### Chapter 4: The Cabin Homage

Arny says: "Woah, what are you guys doing here?" One of the Christmas cowboys asks the same question: "I was wondering what you were doing out here! We were out here to investigate the cabin. I presume you you are doing the same thing?". Arny responds with: "Yeah, but I kinda, already explored it. It's a lot to explain, but I need some milk from this cow". One of the Christmas cowboys say: "Well, this is our cow! Ans surprisingly, this used to be our cabin as well, well used to be, until about a few months ago. There was so much snow, we couldn't get in and out of it conveniently." Arny says: "I was just here taking a look cuz uh yeah I mean uh cause I wanted to see, I mean cause you guys told me about it. But there's nothing strange going about. But I do need some milk, so if it's okay, can get some from your cow." One of the Christmas cowboys respond: "Well, you can't right now as poor old Bessy (referring to the Christmas cow) broke her leg. It's just so damn cold out here, seems like it got to her, it broke her leg. If you had a band-aid I'll let you get some milk. I can't bear to see her in this pain." Christmas cow then says: "Moo!!"

Arny goes to the attic in order to find first aid equipment for the Christmas cow.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to find first aid equipment:

* 1x Plastic Christmas Tree
* 1x Wrench
* 2x Candy Canes
* 1x Patch of Grass
* 1x Hot Chocolate
* 2x Support Beams, after grabbing the support beams, Arny says: "Damn, why'd I do that?"
* 1x Fire Extinguisher
* 1x Ladder
* 1x Icicle
* 1x Band-Aid
* 1x Jolly Hammer
* 1x Christmas Crayons Box
* 1x Christmas Cat

After finishing the search, Arny takes the Band-Aid. You go back to the Christmas cowboys and cow. You then use the band-aid and fix up Bessy. The Christmas cowboys then say: "Gee, thanks! We can go get her shelter in a minute. You can milk her, then we will see you later.". You then milk Bessy with your bucket. Now you can go walk up to Santa.

Arny returns to the dining hall to go see Santa. You drag the milk from your inventory to Santa, Arny then walks up to Santa and says: "Got your milk!" Santa then says: "Oho! I only drink from bottles. Go grab one from the kitchen." (There's an easter egg where if you give Santa the milk bucket 10 times, he will repeat the same dialogue until he'll say "Stop your bickering, what do you not understand! Just go get me a milk bottle, it's in the kitchen"). Arny goes to the kitchen, then a hidden object search activates.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to get a milk bottle:

* 1x Wooden Spoon
* 1x Letter to Jack
* 1x Toy Reindeer
* 1x Snow Cone
* 3x Candy Canes
* 1x Christmas Frog
* 1x Christmas Megatoad
* 1x Minty Garlic
* 1x Whichamacallit
* 1x Cranberry Sauce
* 1x Fridge
* 1x Milk Bottle
* 1x $7.25
* 5x Cookies
* 1x Icicle

After completing the search, Arny keeps the Milk Bottle and the Wooden Spoon. In your inventory, you click the milk bucket, then click the bottle to pour the milk into the bottle. Then you give the bottle to Santa back in the dining hall. Santa then says: "Oh ho ho! Finally some good milk! It wouldn't take normal people that long but oh well. Anyways, I know what you were trying to do here at the house, you were trying to steal, but luckily, this is not my house. I live a little more.. north up the pole. But let's just say, I had a reindeer accident and this is where I am. Oh ho ho! You should get going now."

The backdoor then slams open. Then someone screams: "What are you doing Santa Claus?". The camera pans and reveals that it's one of the Christmas cowboys. Arny then says: "Wait, what's going on here?" Santa then says: "Well, well, well, it seems you're back, Jack Frost." The Christmas cowboy, revealed to be Jack Frost says: "Ugh, Santa, I tried to trap you in here with your gift bag in your sleigh, so you wouldn't be able to make it out in time for Christmas, I tried to trap you by covering the house with snow and frost. But you sat in here, not worried like a fat slob. But this is my house in the first place, and I'm gonna kick you out, without your sleigh." Arny and Santa get pushed out with Jack's frost powers out into the cold snow in the frontyard.

### Chapter 5: Frosted Out & Evicted

Santa says: "Oh no, oh no ho ho! This is so bad! Everything is in there. My sleigh was down about 2 months ago, and I moved pretty much everything into here, even my library, where I keep the naughty and nice list and all the Christmas lists. And yes, I did have to change my P.O. Box to this house I'm sqautting in, but I had no choice, I was trapped! Kind of." Arny then says: "Only I wish there was rah! Only there was rah! Rah! If only there was a rah! If only there was a way in!" Santa says: "I have an idea, do you have any ladders?" Arny says: "Actually I grabbed quite a few on my journey, but I just kinda threw em around to my portable incinerator to clear up some space so I could search in some spots". Santa will say: "Well mm. Go take a look, you may find a ladder around this side of the house. A hidden object search begins.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to find a ladder:

* 1x Jack Frost Car Keys
* 1x V8 Engine
* 3x Christmas Frogs
* 7x Candy Canes
* 1x Hackysack
* 2x Empty Milk Bottles
* 1x Break a Window, you click the window and it breaks and Arny says: "Damn it! I didn't think it'd break that easy!"
* 1x Snowy Ladder

Once completing the search, Arny takes the Snowy Ladder. Arny goes back and talks to Santa. Santa says: "You can use that ladder to get on the roof! And I have a little trick. I can expand the chimney and you can go down it and get inside. Oh ho ho! Go save Christmas!" The screen fades to black and you hear chimney entering noises while going in. You fall down the chimney and arrive in the fireplace room.

Arny says: "I better go to the library to save the letters and the listeses- lists-..wait how do you say that?". You go to the dining room, and you can see the library door, and it has a lock on it. If you use the key you had on the library door to open it, Arny will say: "Damn, wrong key, oh, or wait, it's the right key, I just put it in upside down. Well that's just silly". He opens up the room and now Arny enters the library, (this area has it's own soundtrack, a really cool one, composed by the creator of the game, actually his friend cause the creator doesn't know how to use HitFilm, we mean FL Studio, mmhmm.)

You start a hidden object search, the longest one in the game.

In this hidden object search, you need to click on these items to find the lists and the letters to bring back to Santa, cuz sheesh he doesn't have that good of a memory he needs some notes and things like damn:

* 2x Christmas Frogs
* 1x Candy Cane
* 1x Milk Bucket
* 1x Santa Beard Hair
* 1x Cookie
* 1x Vitamin D Supplements
* 1x Santa Hat
* 1x Hot Chocolate
* 1x Pickaxe
* 1x Mega Candy Cane
* 1x Chair
* 1x The Bible
* 1x Basketball
* 1x Football
* 2x Gingerbread Cookie
* 1x File Full of Christmas Lists, once picking this up, Arny says: "Glad I'm wearing cargo pants".
* 1x Toothpick
* 1x Gingerbread House
* 1x Broken Package from UPS
* 1x Snow Globe
* 1x Pee Vase
* 1x Matches
* 1x Start a Fire, requires the matches to work. Arny lights some piece of paper to start the fire. Arny says: "Might as well it's cold"
* 1x Naughty or Nice List, Arny looks at the list and says: "What? I'm on the naughty list? Must be a different Arny Richwallet"

Once completing the search, Arny keeps the File Full of Christmas Lists and Naughty or Nice List.

After completing the search, the camera pans over to Jack Frost, and he says: "What are you doing? Do you think you're gonna get away with that? How'd you even get back inside?" Arny says: "Uh, wait Jack! Before you, uh, uh, do anything abrupt! How would you like a uh uh uh, a nice big warm hug!" Jack Frost instantly says: "No!" Arny says: "Oh ok, what about a UH! A coupon to a car wash?" Jack Frost then says "Wait, what? I kind of... needed a wash for my car, it's been sitting collecting dust for so long now, because I lost my car keys".

But suddeddly, I forgot how to spell suddenly. The door bursts open in the library. The camera pans to, the silent Christmas cowboy. The silent, but no longer silent, Christmas cowboy says: "I'm not a Christmas cowboy... I'm a Christmas sheriff, and I'm here to arrest you Jack! I wasn't actually helping you out, I'm here to save Christmas!" Arny says: "Wow, now that's a plot twist.. Can't argue with that." Jack Frost says: "No! No! No! At least when I get out of jail, I'll be able to use that car wash coupon!" The Christmas cowboy, now revealed to be the Christmas sheriff says "You'll be going to jail for a long time, Jack. For trying to ruin Christmas, and I also know your the one who froze and broke Bessy's leg, I should've never even let you borrow Bessy for the act, that's even to much for a detective like me." The Christmas sheriff proceeds to take Jack away.

Arny heads outside to greet Santa and give him to Christmas lists and letters, as Jack was being detained in a Christmas cop car by the Christmas sheriff. Santa says: "Oh ho ho! What happened?" Arny says: "It's a long story but, just know I'm the hero" Santa then says: "You know Arny, you're really dislikable. Should I say, you're on the naughty list, and it's only 5 days before Christmas." Arny says: "Aw man that was me!" While being interrupted by a phone call. Arny answers the phone, and he says "Oh honey it's you! My beloved wife!.. Wait what?.. Yes! Santa Santa, me and my wife, we're having a kid! Cya" Arny hangs up the phone abruptly. Arny then says: "Man, I got the perfect gift. When our child grows up, I gotta nice wooden spoon to hit him with, my wife's gonna love it! If it's a 'her', then I'll hit her even more, and if it's not my child, then I'll hit my wife with it."

Arny proceeds to say: "Anyways Santa, it's been awesome. I'm gonna roll out." The camera pans to Santa as Arny walks away. Santa sighs. "Well. Guess I'm test flying again when Jack Frost is around. Wait... where's my reindeer?" The credits proceed to roll.

## Controversies

In The Frosty Winter of Norreduth, while receiving above average reviews from users and critics, the game was heavily criticized by various publications and groups for it's child abuse and domestic abuse statements, and it's not a good influence for the rating and the kid's that will play it. In the ending, Arny mentions that he is having a child and that a wooden spoon he obtained earlier will be a great beating device, and if his child is a girl, he will hit even harder, and if it's not his child, he will hit his wife. This led to a ton of controversy and it's even banned in Australia due to this.

## Trivia

* This game was created in under a week with a $25,000 budget.
* Bessy, the Christmas cow, was originally named Carol, then changed to Bessy, then changed to Beassy, then back to Bessy.
* The reason the Christmas sheriff waited so long to convict Jack Frost of the crimes, was so he could get more official evidence for the American legal justice system, in order not to have a long slog of battles in court against Jack. Although there is a plothole, this game is based in the fictional Northern Pole and is not particularly stated to be a part of the United States.
* The writer of this game is considered a genius by himself, and a sexist by many others.