Winter and snow bring back memories of childhood. Kids love to play with snow and adults are not far behind. Making a snowman or an ice castle is the favourite past time for many. Watching snow from the window is fascinating. The streets and meadows give a beautiful shine and the scenery looks straights from an artist’s canvas.
This is perhaps a time for serious reading with a cup of hot chocolate and a seat near the fire place. The warmth of the fire and the taste of delicious potatoes and grilled veggies is something you would relish more in the winter. Reading winter poetry aloud to your kids or just enjoying yourself would be real fun with a hot bowl of soup.
So get ready with a book of winter poems and the cozy warm blanket for welcoming the cold-old autumn. They can make an awesome gift for Christmas too.
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Do you love the winter snow?
Winter snow can be fun when it settles in places that don't jeopardize traffic or overburden roofs and trees.
Have you heard of the Icelandic tradition of receiving a book as a gift and of setting to drinking hot chocolate while reading that book that very same day, evening, night?
I respected that tradition when my sister Stessily gave me the book Outside by Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson, whom I read over hot Icelandic-style chocolate Christmas Eve. It was fun ;-D!
I do love the feeling of purity and silence that snow brings. I love reading poetry all year long, but winter does lend itself to contemplating deep thoughts. You've got some fine selections here.