The First Day of Winter

Today marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere (and summer in the Southern Hemisphere), with the sun shining directly over the Tropic of Capricorn. Each year Winter Solstice celebrations take place on either December 21 or 22. Read more about the Winter Solstice. Then, take a look at:

• Christina Rossetti's Winter: My Secret
• Walt Whitman's Sounds of Winter
• Robert Burns' A Winter Night
• Robert Southey's Winter

Discover Winter in Literature. Also, take a look at more books related to the Winter Solstice.