Winter, but not confined to December 21 - March 21…it actually starts in November usually…the month there are usually the first snows and bitter cold (This is for the northern hemisphere).
Lack of long daylight hours with long periods of darkness and cold.
Loss of the health benefits of the Suns natural vitamin D.
Begins right after Halloween which is when the spirits are believed to come out, mainly centered on evil spirits or festival of the dead…
Most plant life dies or sleeps during the time beginning around Halloween.
Some animals hibernate to escape the chilling dark season.
Freezing and ice burns (frostbite) and is comp-arable to fire which may be compared to the true fires of hell.
Biblically Satan resides in the ‘sides of the north.’
CS Lewis the Christian author portrayed the evil Ice witch as using winter as a weapon in the parallel world of Narnia.
JRR Tolkien portrayed Morgoth the dark lord as residing in the north.
Jack Frost is a demon.
Old Man Winter is Satan.
A painting of old man winter
In Winter we must seek warmth and light whenever we can. The Spring will come and the Sun shine to banish the darkness and cold of winter