Winter is here!!

Today Winter has oficially arrived. Winter is a season that goes from 21st December, when Autumn ends, to 20th March, when Spring starts. Winter is the coldest season and it is characterized by short days and long nights. People tend to practice snow and ice sports like snow boarding or ice skating and children enjoy making their own snowman. It's time to wear your coat, gloves, scarves and warmer clothes.
In English folklore, the elf Jack Frost and Father Winter (also called Old Man Winter) are personifications of crisp, cold, winter weather. Both creatures have been identified with the Old English god Woden, originated in Germanic folklore specifically in the Anglo-Saxon and Norse winter customs. The god Woden was the precurssor of what we all know as English Father Christmas and the American Santa Claus nowadays.

Gingerbread man

A gingerbread man is a funny biscuit in the shape of a humanoid with stubby feet and no fingers. The eyes, mouth and other elements can be made of chocolate, sugar or other baking products.
The origin of this funny biscuit goes back to 15th century. In the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, those biscuits were made in the shape of some of the Queen's important guests.
The Gingerbread man is very popular in some English-speaking countries such as USA or Australia. Nowadays it has become internationally known thanks to the film Shrek where one of these biscuits appears. Its name is Gingy and it can talk as humans do. This character is derived from the children's story The Gingerbread Man.

The Gingerbread man should have attended the following lesson:
























Because all gingerbread men have the same fear:

A joke in English