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Old Man Winter is a personification of winter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name is a colloquialism for the winter season derived from ancient Greek mythology and Old World pagan beliefs evolving into modern characters in both literature and popular culture . [ 3 ]
Here, 25 of the best classic winter books to read by the fire this winter: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Italo Calvino's postmodernist novel is a masterfully crafted puzzle. It begins with ...
Jack Frost is a personification of frost, ice, snow, sleet, winter, and freezing cold. He is a variant of Old Man Winter who is held responsible for frosty weather, nipping the fingers and toes in such weather, coloring the foliage in autumn, and leaving fern-like patterns on cold windows in winter.
The book was republished in 1920, and after making several alterations in the sequencing of the collection, Frost released a new edition in 1924. [citation needed] Five lyrics of the earlier collection were compiled next under the title "The Hill Wife". In this volume only three poems are written in dramatic monologue.
It just feels right to read a mystery novel in wintertime. The Postscript Murders: A Mystery. After a 90-year-old woman named Peggy dies, the police have no reason to be suspicious.
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Nikolai Gogol, "Christmas Eve" (from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka) [1] O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi; E. T. A. Hoffmann, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (Nussknacker und Mausekönig) Leo Tolstoy, "Papa Panov's Special Christmas" (translation of Saillens) Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales; Philip Van Doren Stern, The Greatest Gift