history of new year's day – mocomi kids
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January 1st is the beginning of the new year according to the Gregorian calendar. Read here History of New Year's Day, visit: http://mocomi.com/new-years-day/TRANSCRIPT
New Years Day
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New Years Day
January 1st is the beginning of the new year according to the Gregorian calendar. The majority of countries across the globe follow this calendar and since in most of them it is a holi-day; New Year’s Day can be consid-ered the only global public holiday.
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New Years Day
The month of January is named after Janus, the god of gates and doors who had 2 faces- one looking back and the other looking forward. This suggests that this festival is rooted in pagan traditions. Other lunar and solar calendars have it so the new year begins on di�erent days of the Gregorian calendar.
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New Years Day
Even in Europe the new year was cel-ebrated during the spring equinox or the feast of the Annunciation of Jesus for many years before they adopted the new standardised calendar. However, it has come to be that people around the world accept January 1 as the begin-ning of the new year.
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New Years Day
Project : Have you ever made a personal resolution? You don’t have to wait till the 1st of January to do so. Make one today. Choose something that you would like to change about yourself and stick to your decision. There! You’ve made a resolution!
The new year is symbolic of change and new be-ginnings which is why many people make personal resolutions on this day. Many people stay up till midnight of December 31 to count down to the new year and hold gatherings of friends and family to celebrate with them.