Is winter capitalized?

Whether they are generic or proper nouns or used in titles dictate when they are capitalized. There are a few exceptions to the general rules as well. Seasons as generic nouns/adjectives. When used generally, the seasons (summer, spring, fall or autumn and winter) are not capitalized because they are not proper nouns. read more

What most people in the Northern Hemisphere probably associate with solstices is that the summer solstice is the day of the year with the most daylight and the winter solstice is the day each year with the least daylight; the opposite is the case for those living in the Southern Hemisphere. read more

Or, "the winter movie schedule." Since in this situation the season words are not nouns -- they are adjectives which modify nouns -- they cannot be Proper nouns; they are no longer names. And so should not be capitalized. But the unofficial "what people actually do" answer is: In typical written English, people are tending to avoid capitalization. read more