The spring season has always been a favourite time, among many

Winter
 
Winter is the coldest season of the year in some parts of the northern 
and southern hemisphere, this season is characterized by falling snow 
and freezing cold temperatures, usually exacerbated by strong winds. 
The season which usually lasts about three months is caused by the 
winter-stricken area being farthest away from the sun in the earth’s 
orbit around it. 
Most schools take breaks during this period, whilst business in offices 
slows and schedules are rearranged according to the whims of the 
season. Around this time, the days are short and nights longer, this 
usually reverse slowly as the season progresses. The sun comes out 
very late on winter mornings and when it does is not hot. 
People rarely come outdoors until daylight; most sit indoors by the 
fireside in the mornings and evenings. Everyone sees the essence of 
the weather report during winter, this service assumes added 
importance as the information they present can be the difference 
between having proper protective clothing and freezing to death, 
knowing if the roads would be navigate-able tomorrow morning, or if 
the night’s blizzard has called off engagements on their behalf. 
Most people wake up to shovel snow out of their paths on winter 
mornings. On some particularly severe occasions, snow and strong 
winds has blocked roads and grounded flights, even frozen rivers for 
days, week and months. 
People clothe themselves in thick apparels during winter to ward off 
the cold and keep their bodies warm, over the year’s winter clothing 
has evolved, today styles and designs are incorporated into them, far 
from the tattered animal skin that early man in these areas used to 
protect himself from the same grim weather. 

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In winter affected areas of the world, several outdoor and sporting 
activities have been designed to take advantage of the weather and 
give the people a chance to exercise and bring themselves some joy. 
These activities, taken as tradition and practiced at every winter (some 
depending on the ice level) includes; curling, ice skating, ice racing, ice 
sculpture, ice hockey, ice fishing, ice climbing, ice boating and more. 
Plants and animal life respond to winter in varying ways. Some 
animals such as birds migrate when the winter season is approaching 
and only return during the summer, this is to ensure food supply as 
most of their food sources freeze in the winter. 
Others go into hibernation, a state resembling sleep where the animal 
remains inactive, usually housed in a shell, remaining so until summer 
arrives. Some animals profusely gather and store food, in preparation 
for winter months when the sources are dead and gathering 
impossible. In response to the weather most animals have also 
adapted themselves, by developing thick furs that keep them warm 
during this season, others such as the snowshoe hare changes colour 
to white and becomes indistinguishable from the snow as a survival 
tactic. 
Whilst some plants completely die off in winter, others actually need 
the season to complete their life cycle. Some plants buried in snow are 
as a result insulated by it and survive the weather, some trees lose all 
their leaves during this season, but their roots are active, protected by 
the thick layers of snow that covers the earth surface. 
Winter is also a time of fruits, many fruits such as guava and oranges 
as well as many vegetables become available during winter. Often 
times people complain of winter, cursing the cold and praying for the 

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summer, but if we did not have winter, can we truly appreciate 
summer and vice versa? 
Ferghana State University 
Student of the Faculty of Economics 
Group S 22-42 
Muhammadov Humoyun