The Reason for the Season

Someone forwarded me a nice Boston Globe Editorial about the winter solstice and how it's the real reason for the season and all that.  Right off the bat, though, while correcting one misconception about the seasons, they insert the following: "...the earth, in its elliptical revolution, only adjusts the tilt in its rotation..." (emphasis mine)

True 'tis the axial tilt that causes the seasons, but there is no "adjusting."  The Earth keeps its orientation while orbiting the Sun - so the North Pole is leaning inward sometimes and outwards at other times.  Saying the tilt is adjusting is like saying I've gotten younger just because someone older than me has walked into the room!