Tarzan
01-03-2002, 01:02 PM
party'n folks,
i got this great bit of info from another list, so had to share it. let's
party!
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happy new year(s) everyone... but....
why celebrate new year's only once a year?
it?s possible to celebrate new year's every month of the year. celebrate
sekhmet in january, chinese new year in january or february, noruz in march,
baisakhi in april, buddhist new year in may, runic new year in june,
armenian new year in july, parsi new year in august, rosh hashanah in
september, samhain in october, dipavali in november, and papal states new
year in december. please note that the new year's listed are for 2001. many
new year's days, especially religious ones such as the chinese, jewish, and
muslim, change from year to year.
nothing requires we celebrate new year's only once a year. indeed, before
1752, americans celebrated new year's day on march 25th (lady day according
to the old celtic religion and the feast of the annunciation according to
the christian religion). great britain and its colonies changed their new
year's celebrations to january 1st when they changed from the old julian
calendar to the gregorian calendar in 1751.
so party down folks and explain to your boss why you need 24 new year days
off each year :-)
more celebration opportunities at
http://www.celebratetoday.com/newyears.html
i got this great bit of info from another list, so had to share it. let's
party!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
happy new year(s) everyone... but....
why celebrate new year's only once a year?
it?s possible to celebrate new year's every month of the year. celebrate
sekhmet in january, chinese new year in january or february, noruz in march,
baisakhi in april, buddhist new year in may, runic new year in june,
armenian new year in july, parsi new year in august, rosh hashanah in
september, samhain in october, dipavali in november, and papal states new
year in december. please note that the new year's listed are for 2001. many
new year's days, especially religious ones such as the chinese, jewish, and
muslim, change from year to year.
nothing requires we celebrate new year's only once a year. indeed, before
1752, americans celebrated new year's day on march 25th (lady day according
to the old celtic religion and the feast of the annunciation according to
the christian religion). great britain and its colonies changed their new
year's celebrations to january 1st when they changed from the old julian
calendar to the gregorian calendar in 1751.
so party down folks and explain to your boss why you need 24 new year days
off each year :-)
more celebration opportunities at
http://www.celebratetoday.com/newyears.html