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the season that turns survival into aesthetic and silence into a sound you can hear.
means The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, when days shorten and frost settles in.
from A straightforward old compound: 'winter' plus 'time.' The 'winter' half goes back to Old English 'winter,' shared across the Germanic languages (German 'Winter,' Dutch 'winter'), and possibly tied to an ancient root meaning 'wet' or 'white' — fittingly, the season of rain and snow. Tack on 'time,' from Old English 'tima' (a stretch or span of duration), and you simply have 'the time of winter,' a phrase old speakers found as obvious as we do.
- clock trick
- daylight saving time literally invented to bank winter light
- snow color
- deep snow looks blue from absorbing red light
- sound effect
- fresh snow muffles noise by trapping it
- body response
- cold air can trigger goosebumps from ancient fur reflex
- slow planet
- Earth is actually closest to the sun in January
winter solstice — december 21, 2024 in northern hemisphere - shortest day of the year
lake effect snow — buffalo, ny receives 200+ inches annually from lakes erie and ontario
polar night — barrow, alaska experiences 65 days of continuous darkness from november to january