The warm days seemed a distant memory as the days became shorter and the nights longer. The leaves turned brilliant hues of amber, gold, and russet. Hot apple cider and gingerbread men enjoyed by roaring fires helped ward off the increasingly cold nights. Quidditch practices and pumpkin carving were soon greeted with the first frost of the upcoming winter season.

Now, occasional snow flurries have blanketed the ground in soft folds of white and the leafless trees and evergreens have gained their seasonal flocking. Icicles are commonly found hanging from the eaves and students can be seen bundled up in layer upon layer of clothing as they waddle from class to class.

The winter season has come to Hogwarts.