Wish You a Warm, Fun-filled Winter from Free-ecardsforall.com
Span of the season: December 2006 - March 2007
The beauty
of winter is its sleeping, covered in blankets of snow. God's creation
bedded down to rest; the tale of endings; whispers of beginnings; quietness
and cold; with life's spark as enclosed as the fire of the hearth inside the
closed and curtained homestead. Flurried whiteness and gentle star dusted
nights; It is hidden and secret; plain, stark and austere. It is contrast
and seamless binding of earth, water, and air. It is surprisingly bright
berries and visiting birds. Winter's wonder is in its editing and the force
of its emphasis. Perhaps that is what makes it a time of illuminations.
Winter is an old Germanic word meaning "time of water"--of rain and snow. "Wintar",
German;"Węter", Old English. Winter begins with the winter solstice, around
December 21 includes January, February and March. Holiday traditions
featured in Winter: Season of Darkness and Light are Christmas, Chanukah
(Jewish), Kwanzaa (African-American), Las Posadas (Chicano), and the
European/Appalachian mummers play.
