Posts Tagged ‘New Year’
History of New Year’s Resolutions: Where Did They Begin?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Podcast version s I mentioned previously, New Year’s Day celebrations began in pre-Christian times, beginning with the Babylonians in March, but later changed to January by the Romans. Where did we get the idea of New Year’s Resolutions, and why at the beginning of the year?
Read MoreHistory of Telemachus: the Monk Who Ended the Roman Gladiatorial Games – January 1, A.D. 404
Reading Time: 5 minutesHistory of Telemachus: the Monk Who Ended the Roman Gladiatorial Games – January 1, A.D. 404 Podcast version January 1, A.D. 404, marked Rome’s last known gladiatorial games. What part did an obscure Christian monk from the East play in this epic change in Roman entertainment? his is the story of St. Telemachus,…
Read MoreHistory of New Year’s Day: Why on January 1?
Reading Time: 4 minutesHistory of New Year’s Day: Why on January 1? It wasn’t always on this date. This article discusses its history.
Read MoreHistory of Auld Lang Syne: What Does the Song Mean?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF AULD LANG SYNE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN Podcast version hy is it that each New Year’s Eve, we sing “Auld Lang Syne,” but do we know what it means? The song contains words from a language few are familiar with, in a syntax confusing to most, and is from a poem about…
Read MoreHistory of 2011: Start of a New Decade?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF 2011: A NEW DECADE? As the chronometer clicked over from 2009 to 2010 last year, many heralded the end of the first decade of the millennium and the beginning of the next, regaling the best and worst at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Except that it wasn’t. Last…
Read MoreHistory of New Year’s Day: Why on January 1?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF NEW YEAR’S DAY We have the Romans to thank for celebrating New Year’s Day on January 1. It wasn’t always that way. Indeed, previous civilizations celebrated it in March, to observe the “new year” of growth and fertility. Before calendars existed the time between seed sowing and harvesting was considered a cycle or…
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