Old Man Winter

English thumb|a caricature of Old Man Winter Proper noun Old Man Winter The personification of winter.Farlex Dictionary en Father Winter en 1972 w:Understanding w:Bobby Womack w:Harry Hippie Street child, street child, tell me where will you be goin' / When old man winter gets his horn and starts blowin' en 2001 Sara Foss https://web.archive.org/web/20150930160023/http://dailygazette.com/weblogs/foss/2011/jan/28/speaking-weather/ The Daily Gazette: Speaking of the weather the media like to humanize the weather, to suggest that we’re in some kind of grim battle with Old Man Winter when it’s cold or snowy en 2002 Robert H. Claxton https://networks.h-net.org/node/3119/reviews/5570/claxton-williams-and-duedall-florida-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms-1871 Claxton on Williams and Duedall, Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001 networks.h-net.org It is interesting how we personalize or humanize certain forces which we cannot control like "Mother Nature" and "Old Man Winter". en 2003 Scotland Miles http://books.google.ca/books?id=wt5XxiIGZ6gC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=%22Old+Man+Winter%22+%22humanization%22&source=bl&ots=diZGBltL98&sig=w0mPqH9Pw5qZ7U5s7bCiAWDVIwQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UPJkVMSFDYaYyQS4l4KYDQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Old%20Man%20Winter%22%20%22humanization%22&f=false Don't Take Me To Your Leader 28–29 0595270778 They also have humanized time and weather, with such references as "Father Time" and "Old Man Winter", "Mother Earth" and "Hurricane Floyd". Translations Old Man Winter See also en anthropomorphism Father Frost humanization Jack Frost Mother Nature Ullr References Further reading AccuWeather: Where Did Old Man Winter, Jack Frost Come From? en Personifications Weather Winter