Few ever cared. Find one non-pedant who would object to the personification that follows:

  "The evening settled over the city, drawing the light out of the streets one corner at a time. Windows blinked awake with lamplight, and the wind moved through the alleys restlessly, leaves brushing against walls before gathering themselves along the pavement. In the distance, the river kept its steady argument with the stone embankments. When the night pressed in, the weather became increasingly angry, until it was a raging storm."

But such personification is a natural part of how the English speak.

Personification =/= anthropomorphization