The quiet beauty of winter: 5 books for those who adore snow

The quiet beauty of winter: 5 books for those who adore snow

Spend a few evenings wrapped up in a fluffy blanket, sipping warm cocoa and enjoying interesting stories.

We’ve prepared a selection of the wintry and coziest books for festive home evenings with the family.

“Magical New Year. Secrets of joyful holidays without fuss and stress”

To abstract from unnecessary fuss, to rejoice in fuss necessary and pleasant, to give yourself over to the joy of the holiday season without a trace and to organize the meeting of the New Year as you have always dreamed, will help Beth Kempton’s book “Magical New Year. Secrets of joyful holidays without fuss and stress”. Here you will find useful lifehacks and for lovers of summarizing, and for fans of useful gifts with meaning.

“Hügge, or Cozy Happiness in the Danish way. How I spent a whole year pampering myself with snails, dining by candlelight and reading on the windowsill.”

One day journalist Helen Russell left London along with her career at Marie Claire and went to live in a Danish town with a population of a couple thousand people, bad weather and robbery taxes. Russell inevitably wondered: how, with such charms Denmark year after year leads the ranking of the happiest countries in the world? She began to conduct a kind of journalistic investigation and told the world about hügge, a Scandinavian concept that everyone now knows as a synonym for coziness, comfort and domestic well-being. It is the subject of this lovely, funny winter book.

“Above the Snow Level. 22 winter stories that keep you warm.”

New Year, Christmas, unforgettable winter vacations, crunching snow underfoot and the light of a lantern against the dark winter sky. A time of gifts, surprises, long sit-downs, unforgettable impressions of adventures in the frosty air. It’s also a time of magic. Each story of this book is a mini-miracle that can happen to anyone who believes in it, the very anticipation of joy, great happiness, immense good world, which turns us into children. Stock up on candy and tea, have a pleasant winter evening at a cozy book!

“Winter will not be eternal. The art of recovering from the blows of fate.”

A touching, sensitive meditation book about the quiet beauty of winter, the healing power of rest and the importance of self-care. The book was written by journalist Catherine May. She shared her experience of “traveling through the darkness” to support others. May’s words are comforting and hopeful: winter will not last forever, every step in the darkness leads us to the light, and every hour of winter brings spring closer. This warm, profound essay will soothe a floundering mind, support a wounded heart, and provide warming hope, wisdom, and peace.

“The Christmas Box: Christmas Eve Stories by Russian Classics”

The very cream of the winter list is a collection of stories by Russian classics about holy days and Christmas. Under one cover are collected works by Leonid Andreyev, Ivan Bunin, Ivan Shmelev, Alexei Tolstoy, Arkady Averchenko and other great writers. These heartwarming stories will remind you of childhood, the importance of charity, helping loved ones, and the hope for a miracle. Open the “Christmas Box” and enjoy the snowfall outside your window.