"Meteorological winter
However, at the Met Office, we often use a meteorological definition of the seasons. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of winter is always 1 December; ending on 28 (or 29 during a Leap Year) February. "
Still 55 days away, and we often struggle to know what the weather will do a week or two in advance but some on here can just write off the next 55 days at the drop of a hat...
When does winter start?
WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK
How you define the first day of winter depends on whether you are referring to the astronomical or meteorological winter.
Even @Steve Murr has a half empty glass