 The song was written on a hot summer night in Cleveland while Lightfoot was performing there.He was missing his wife of the time, Brita Ingegerd Olaisson, and his thoughts turned to winter.Sarah McLachlan covered the song for the soundtrack to the 1994 film "Miracle on 34th Street"; her rendition also appears on her 1996 compilation album "Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff", on her 2006 Christmas album "Wintersong", and in the soundtrack for the TV series "Due South".