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This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.

If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Icy™ word. Here is a list of Icy™ and Not Icy™ Words:

Icy Word™ Not Icy Word™
DAMAGE FIX
RUNNER SLEEPER
DOVER CALAIS
CUT STICK
PROJECT INJECT
VIDEO OREO
BLAST IMPLODE
COVER REVEAL

CSV version:

Icy Word™,Not Icy Word™
DAMAGE,FIX
RUNNER,SLEEPER
DOVER,CALAIS
CUT,STICK
PROJECT,INJECT
VIDEO,OREO
BLAST,IMPLODE
COVER,REVEAL

Hint:

This puzzle is seasonal.

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An Icy Word is:

A word whose first two letters also begin the name of one of Santa's reindeer!

Like so:

DAMAGE = DASHER or DANCER,
RUNNER = RUDOLPH,
DOVER = DONNER,
CUT = CUPID,
PROJECT = PRANCER,
VIDEO = VIXEN,
BLAST = BLITZEN,
COVER = COMET

As for the title:

'Icy' is a very wintry word, perfect for describing the climate of Lapland, where we all know Santa and his reindeer live!

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    $\begingroup$ Hehe😉 nice one. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 24, 2020 at 7:55

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