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Princess Elsa made her big entrance precisely 18 seconds after midnight.

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Named after the main character in her two-year-old sister Bianca’s favourite Disney movie, Frozen, Elsa Naccarello has a strong claim to the title of Montreal’s first baby of 2015.

At the Royal Victoria Hospital, she entered the world weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces (3.1 kilograms).

Elsa’s mother, Rahela Akter, was very nearly a New Year’s baby herself some time ago. Born on Dec. 31, she expected Elsa to share her birthday, but the princess was fashionably late.

Nurses jokingly told Akter when she was in labour to “hold the baby in” until after the stroke of midnight, she said.

“I was like ‘Seriously? How am I supposed to do this?’ I just wanted it to get out of there because I was having so much pain.”

Elsa’s parents found out around 3 a.m. from a relative watching the news that she was a very strong contender for Montreal’s first baby of the new year. Her father, Giovanni, said they didn’t expect the media circus that would ensue. “She’s really a superstar, and she’s less than a day old. We’re very pleased,” he told reporters in a hospital room after rounds of interviews.