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“The celebration of New Years Day”


Many people celebrate New Years Day, but do you know why?

Many people just do it for fun; many people just do it because they

have been doing it their whole lives. Maybe, just maybe these people

and maybe you question yourself why you would celebrate this kind of

celebration. Well, I’ll tell you why. We all know that January 1st is the

first day of the New Year. As it also was celebrated in ancient Rome

times. Typically, all countries using the Gregorian calendar celebrate

new years except for Israel. There are many different calendars that

are used an have different days such as the Julian calendar which

corresponds to January 14th.

Originally celebrated on March 15th in the old roman calendar, it

was fixed in January 1, 153 BC, when the two Roman consuls, after

whom — in the Roman calendar — years were named and numbered,

began to be chosen on that date, for military reasons. However, dates in

March, coinciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the

Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were

used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to

display the months in columns running from January to December in the

Roman fashion. This day is traditionally a religious feast, but since the

1900s has become an occasion for celebration the night of December 31,

called New Year's Eve. There are often fireworks at midnight. Depending

on the country, individuals may be legally allowed to burn fireworks, even if
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t's usually outlawed the rest of the year.


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