Wet Winter &
Surprising Seasons

Trivia time

Stay cool

Early sunsets, Christmas markets, and fashionable coats are all signs of winter, so here's a beginning-of-winter trivia question: When did the first Winter Olympic Games take place?

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons

A touch of Sharpy

A warm hug

Who cares how cold it was at the 1972 Winter Carnival in Belleville, Ontario? This young woman had a hat, jacket, and one furry friend to keep her warm.

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Photo source: Community Archives (1972)

Family flashback

Rare moments

"This is a photo of my only meeting with my great-grandfather Spencer in Christmas 1962 when I was two years old. My father, a Naval photographer, captured the moment at my mom's family home on a sugarcane farm in Cudgen, New South Wales, Australia."

Photo source: Photomyne user Darren Maughan

Way back when

Under my umbrella

In many places around the world, snow is just a dream. Be it heavy rain or cold wind, you better be prepared for winter!

Photo source: Jack Delano (1940)

B&W coloriziation

Feels like summer

Winter may have started in most places by now, but in the southern hemisphere, early December marks the beginning of summer. That explains how this group of Australian women can sunbathe at that time of year!

Photo source: Flickr (1945)

Photomyne user photo

My eternal love

"This is a photo of Pam Kantz and me at the Illinois State University Winter Formal of 1963, a week before we got engaged. We enjoyed 55 wonderful years of marriage, and Pam passed away last October."

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Photo source: Photomyne user Mike Christian

The first Winter Olympics took place in 1924.
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