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!

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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

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