The Witch loves death, and her icy curse on Narnia is simply one expression of this overall hatred of life. Indeed, the accent is not on winter itself, but the fact that it is always winter and never Christmas. Winter has a crucial place in the yearly cycle of renewal and the turning of the seasons. But winter should be inhabited by holiday celebration and should ultimately be propelling us forward to spring, and it’s precisely this forward-looking expectation and celebratory “jollification” that the Witch opposes with all her dark arts.
