December 04 - December 10 is the 49th week of the Gregorian calendar.  During this week, we complete the Solar Term of Minor Snow (Nov 23 - Dec 06) and enter into the Solar Term of Major Snow (Dec 07 - Dec 21).  The micro-seasons in this week are “The Tachibana First Turns Yellow” (Dec 02 - Dec 06) and “The Sky is Cold, Winter Comes” (Dec 07 - Dec 13). The haiku selected for this week are written by Basho, Issa, Reichhold, Shiki, Kyoshi