Winter
The recipe for this type of winter storm: snow, winds over 35 mph, and low visibility for at least 3 hours
What is a blizzard?
Hans Christian Andersen's chilling story "The Snow Queen" became this animated blockbuster
What is Frozen?
Of winter, spring, summer or fall, the alternate title of Botticelli's painting "Primavera"
What is Spring?
"Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter", but luckily for The Beatles, this title was now happening
What is "Here Comes the Sun"?
Now fallen, the crosspiece once atop the tallest standing stone at Stonehenge helped track this event
What is Winter Solstice?
The name of this mountain range comes from Sanskrit words for "snow" & "abode"
What are the Himalayas?
In the late 1800s, This printmaking duo showed "The Skating Carnival" at Central Park in winter
Who are Currier & Ives?
Diabetics beware: the top-selling pop single of 1969 was this double-talk song from the Archies
What is "Sugar, Sugar"?
Winter storms sometimes close the over-8,000' Sylvan Pass located in the Wyoming part of this national park
What is Yellowstone?
In 1978 Peter Matthiessen climbed mountains in Nepal to see the snow type of this creature, the title of his National Book Award winner
What is a (snow) leopard?
This architect fell in love with the Arizona desert & built Taliesin West, his winter home, in Scottsdale
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright
Orchestras traditionally tune to an "A" note played by one of these instruments, which tend to stay in tune
What is an oboe?
The reindeer also goes by this Native American name meaning "shoveler of snow", from its habit of shoving snow aside to feed
What is Caribou?
In a Christmas special narrated by Burl Ives, this title animal meets an abominable snow monster
"Some, Too Fragile for the Winter Winds" is a poem from this "Belle of Amherst"
Who is Emily Dickenson?
This top 5 hit by The Mamas & The Papas was written on a cold winter night in Manhattan
What is "California Dreamin'"?
The winter sport biathlon combines these 2 activities into one event
One carol says he "looked out on the Feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even"
Who is Good King Wenceslas?
The very long opening line of this novel includes the phrase "It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"
What is "A Tale of Two Cities"?
The tension of a string orchestra against a solo violin depicts the chill of winter in this 1725 Vivaldi piece
What is "The Four Seasons?"