History Series / Snofall

** Winter also writes several letters to himself to conceal the fact that children's letters to Santa aren't reaching him. While IQ does at one point accidentally see the contents of one such letter, these letters are mainly to maintain the appearance and not for anyone but Winter to read, which is probably a good thing since Winter clearly has no idea how children think:

* CassandraTruth: Pil's younger sister spots Selma through a window after she makes it to Snøfall, but since it's nighttime, her father and siblings don't pay attention and tell her to go to bed. When she tries to tell the others about the girl she saw, no one believes her until they actually meet Selma.

* ParentalSubstitute: Hjertrud ends up taking on this role for Selma while she's in Snøfall, looking after her after Julius goes missing.

* TheRival: Pil and Frida initially don't get along, and after Selma arrives, form a rivalry over which of them is Selma's new best friend in Snøfall. The three eventually become a trio as they try to investigate the truth behind Julius' disappearance.

** Shortly after Selma's arrival, Julius shows her a secret way into the garden through a log hidden in a cupboard. [[spoiler: After Winter tries to close off the garden to prevent anyone from finding Julius, Selma, Pil and Frida are still able to access the garden through the secret entrance.]]

* ChekhovsGun: An early episode has Pil accidentally throwing his ball into the Darkness, and Julius makes him a new one that functions similarly to a boomerang. [[spoiler: When searching for Julius along with Selma and Frida, Pil happens to find the ball he lost. When he and the girls then get caught in a trap, Pil tries to use the ball-orang to free them, but misses and realizes too late that the ball won't return in the Darkness. The girls remind him that he found the other ball, and he manages to use it to unlock the traps.]]

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Håkon always calls his father by his first name, Kjell. Kjell doesn't seem to mind. [[spoiler: One of the final episodes has Håkon calling Kjell "dad", which weirds Kjell out a bit since he's so used to Håkon calling him by name at that point. They both immediately decide to just stick to Håkon calling him by name.]]

* ForeShadowing: Selma, Pil and Frida meet Trickster in a hidden part of the garden where Julius' reindeer live, and Trixter's behaviour in general is rather odd... [[spoiler: for a human. We learn in the final episode that Trixter is actually a reindeer.]]

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Håkon always calls his father by his first name, Kjell. Kjell doesn't seem to mind, although he occasionally suggests Håkon call him dad. [[spoiler: One of the final episodes has Håkon calling Kjell "dad", which weirds Kjell out a bit since he's so used to Håkon calling him by name at that point. They both immediately decide to just stick to Håkon calling him by name.]]

* ForeShadowing: Selma, Pil and Frida meet Trickster in a hidden part of the garden where Julius' reindeer live, and Trickster's behaviour in general is rather odd... [[spoiler: for a human. We learn in the final episode that Trickster is actually a reindeer.]]

* MotorMouth: Trickster delivers most of his explanation of what's been going on in the forest since Julius' disappearance this way.

** After Julius learns from the oracle who his apprentice and eventual successor will be, the way he talks to Winter about it leads him to assume that ''he's'' the next apprentice. Winter, not satisfied with his current position, how Julius is running things and feeling like he doesn't get enough respect, starts getting excited about this. When Julius realizes the misunderstanding, he quickly clears things up, which proves to be the last drop for Winter, as this leads him to getting corrupted by the Darkness.

* DeepSleep: The fog in the darkest parts of the forest can induce this. Winter uses it to put Julius into a deep sleep, so that Winter can pass himself off as Santa's new apprentice (since only Julius knew their identity) and take over.

* PsychicLink: Selma has one of sorts with Julius, as first seen in episode one when Selma during class starts absent-mindely singing along to a song Julius is singing at the time.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Played with. When Ruth was a child, she once wrote a letter to Santa wishing for "all the stories in the world", but he never received the letter because it got stuck behind the mailbox. When the mailbox is accidentally knocked off the wall in episode 2, the letter is discovered, and although Ruth is now grown-up and has likely forgotten she even made the wish, Julius decides to grant it anyways. This leads to Ruth inheriting an old book store that her current self initially has no interest in.