Most people wrongly assume summer to be the most popular of the four seasons, but it is really fall that the American population look forward to most, according to Simon Nygeuen’s poll that asked 8,000 Americans which season they loved the most, in which over half of the votes went to autumn. And who can blame them? With bewitching scenery, tranquil weather, and an assortment of fall-related festivities around every corner, what’s not to love about autumn?
The fall equinox officially begins in mid-September, in North America, and lasts about three months. For most, only having three months to enjoy autumn is too little. Most people blame the “new found” popularity of fall on Starbuck’s best selling Pumpkin Spice latte, but in fact, fall has always been a season warmly greeted by Americans. In the 16th century harvest, as it was originally dubbed, was a time for farming crops and celebrating the good harvest. …show more content…
Streets are lit by rays of sun that beam through ash grey clouds much like the sun gleaming through a painted glass window on a summer’s day. The verdant trees of the summer are now long gone, and are replaced with the saturated yellow and orange shades of dying leaves. The leaves are finally in their most beautiful stage, in some kind of tragically poetic fashion, as they are about to die. The trees are finally acknowledged and appreciated more than ever during fall because in a couple of short weeks they will soon be bare, and finally stripped completely of their effervescence. Even the usual dull grey pavements are colorful, embellished with the fleeting beauty of scarlet leaves that had just drifted down from the tree they once grew from. As Lauren DeStefano wrote in Wither, “Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand
The fall equinox officially begins in mid-September, in North America, and lasts about three months. For most, only having three months to enjoy autumn is too little. Most people blame the “new found” popularity of fall on Starbuck’s best selling Pumpkin Spice latte, but in fact, fall has always been a season warmly greeted by Americans. In the 16th century harvest, as it was originally dubbed, was a time for farming crops and celebrating the good harvest. …show more content…
Streets are lit by rays of sun that beam through ash grey clouds much like the sun gleaming through a painted glass window on a summer’s day. The verdant trees of the summer are now long gone, and are replaced with the saturated yellow and orange shades of dying leaves. The leaves are finally in their most beautiful stage, in some kind of tragically poetic fashion, as they are about to die. The trees are finally acknowledged and appreciated more than ever during fall because in a couple of short weeks they will soon be bare, and finally stripped completely of their effervescence. Even the usual dull grey pavements are colorful, embellished with the fleeting beauty of scarlet leaves that had just drifted down from the tree they once grew from. As Lauren DeStefano wrote in Wither, “Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand