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December: Our Winter Favorites
December: Our Winter Favorites
As the chilly months set in, we’d like to present you with a selection of our winter favorites. In order to ensure there’s something for everyone, we’ve separated general winter picks from Christmas-oriented picks – so no matter what you celebrate there’s plenty of cozy vibes to go around.
We’ve also included two seasonal playlists that we hope you’ll enjoy, along with a gallery of our favorite winter artwork.
We wish you the coziest, cocoa-filled December possible!
Winter Books
The Once & Future King – T.H. White
The Hobbit – J.R.R Tolkien
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Anne Of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery
The Happy Prince & Other Tales – Oscar Wilde
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Snow Queen – Hans Christian Andersen
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
The Complete Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
The Winter’s Tale – William Shakespeare
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Down Comes The Night – Allison Saft
Winter Films
Serendipity (2001)
Jack Frost (1979)
Little Women (1994)
Little Women (2019)
The Green Knight (2021)
Last Holiday (2006)
The Holiday (2006)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
Ice Princess (2005)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993
Anastasia (1997)
Carol (2015)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The Age of Adaline (2015)
Cinderella (1997)
The Shining (1980)
The Thing (1982)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Winter Miscellany
Rilke on How Winter Illuminates the Richness of Life and the Tenacity of the Human Spirit
Winter Poems
Winter Trees – William Carlos Williams
The Six-Cornered Snowflake – John Frederick Nims
White Eyes – Mary Oliver
The Snow Fairy – Claude McKay
Choices – Tess Gallagher
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening – Robert Frost
The Hyacinth Winter Playlist
Christmas Books
Too Many Tamales – Gary Soto
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
How The Grinch Stole Christmas – Dr. Suess
Nevermoor: The Trials Of Morrigan Crow – Jessica Townsend
The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams Bianco & William Nicholson
The Legend of Holly Claus – Brittney Ryan
The Autobiography of Santa Claus – Jeff Guinn
Letters From Father Christmas – J.R.R Tolkien
Christmas Films
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
The Santa Clause (1994)
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
The Year Without Santa Clause (1974)
Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Frosty The Snowman (1969)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Beauty & The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Home Alone (1990)
Love, Actually (2003)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Dash & Lily (2020)
Love Hard (2021)
Gremlins (1984)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1970)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
The Hyacinth Christmas Playlist
