The melody line of Tchaikovsky's chorus in the "Enchanted Snow Forest" starts out descending, but then goes right back up again and swirls around a bit — just like real snowflakes that twirl and whirl in the air.

Rose symbolism in the early advent music goes back to at least to Medieval times, and some think long before. And of all of the blossoms, roses were special because they were thought to have the sweetest perfume.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, farm families frequently would bundle up and hitch the horse to a sleigh to go out calling, visiting relatives and neighbors who provided camaraderie and had holiday goodies waiting. But they weren't the only ones having fun in the snow...

American composer Edward MacDowell's "To an Old White Pine" is stronger and darker than most of his pieces for solo piano, but an old white pine would have to be strong to survive the legendary winds of November and the dark of winter year after year.

Decomposition is a process in which the complex components of something are separated into simpler elements which can be reused. If J.S Bach composed by putting melody, harmony and rhythm into an organized form, he could, in a sense, "decompose" by separating out a melody to insert into another piece. And he did. Often.

In some traditions, saints are associated with miracles. And the very act of survival, whether by plant or by animal, is little short of miraculous. Plants and animals do not need a reformation. They survive and that is good.

Each of the four versions of Edvard Munch's “The Scream,” depict a figure with a skull-shaped head standing on a bridge and a long-debated “shrieking color” of swirling clouds.

Celebrated British composer Sir Edward Elgar also wrote both the music and the lyrics to a creepy, Halloween-worthy piece of choral music called “Owls (An Epitaph)”.

Vincent Van Gogh once wrote “What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.” The process isn't all that simple, but by discarding their spent leaves to sustain themselves, whole forest benefits.

The late movie star Marilyn Monroe once said, "I feel like a warm red Autumn." Trees on the edge of fields, roads, lakes, and in yards receive far more sunshine than forest trees, so they turn a vivid autumn red. But, trees on the edges tend to be stressed.