Thoughts of Winter

In Refining Reading and Writing, "Thoughts of Winter" is defined as "Winter is the season that receives most attention from us through our scientific explanation, our mythological ideas and our personal determination." (Santiago,2008, pp.82-83). I strongly agree with this statement. In scientific clarification, winter comes every year because of northern hemisphere is twisted away from the sun, so the world is evenly distributed by the solar radiation. It always has cold, dark snow everywhere. Second, mythological thoughts make winter so special. Evaluate to other seasons, there are many good beliefs and memorable myths about winter. Finally, Winter has advantage and disadvantage in our life. It makes us sadden, week, lazy, and sometimes it occurs skin disease because lack of vitamin D could affect in our body. On the other hand, winter has many indoor and outdoor actions which makes us overjoyed. According to the Santiago: When you think about winter, does it always come a cool thing in your mind? Does the attention of winter shake slightly down in your point? In authors parent's motherland, the Philippines, winter is a very unusual season compared with what Canadian people understand in here.(Santiago,2008, p.82). There are many difference between winter in my country 'Bangladesh' and Canada. First of all, Bangladesh has a very short winter, but Canada has a very long winter. For example, In Bangladesh, winter comes from November to February every year whereas in Canada, the coldness of winter starts from September and ends in April. Bangladesh has no snow, but Canada has lot of snow on everywhere in winter. Second, Bangladesh has many different winter activities than Canada. For instance, in Bangladesh, people usually like to visit places, do picnic, and weeding ceremony in winter; however, in Canada people like to do skating, skiing, Dog sledding, Snow Tubing, and they also like to visit indoor places such as Museum and Resorts. Finally, In Bangladesh,