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Happy new year to everyone--- as a resolution for 2012 lets all try to a little more respectful of everyone's right to express their opinions in a reasonable manner.
Nope, this is the year of the Maya! The heat upon us is blustering...
Fast away the old year passes;
Hail the new ye lads and lasses;
Sing we joyous all together;
Heedless of the wind and weather
Fa la la la la la la la la
-- Deck the Halls, 3rd verse
If I were to celebrate anyone's circumcision, it would be mine not someone else's.
In 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII adopted the current calendar, one of the changes was to move the date of the New Year from the then March 25 fixed date of Easter to January 1st, and not to the Christmas Day.
One of the reasons that the Christian year begins after and not on the Christmas Day is because of Biblical Mitzvah (Commandment).
A Jewish child does not get a name until 8 days after birth, which for a boy baby is also the circumcision day.
January 1st is the Feast of the Circumcision and hence when you lifted a cup or kissed someone at Midnight, you are celebrating the circumcision of Yeshua ben Yuseph, otherwise known as Jesus of Nazareth.
"Prayer Book Anglicans still celebrate this Feast under that name, but most Catholics now, with the revisions of the Mass that followed the Second Vatican Council, celebrate January 1 as the Solemnity of St. Mary, the Mother of God, also a holy day of obligation. Likewise, contemporary Anglican calendars give January 1 as the "Naming of Jesus"."
(Of secondary interest: this is why we also have an April Fool's Day. April Fool's Day began in what is now Italy where people who did not know of the calendar change and continued to mark March 25th as the beginning of the New Year were made the butt end of jokes.)
Kukulcan wishes you a happy new year and reminds you that it's gonna be 10 days shorter than usual, so plan accordingly.
Haha, should be interesting, the whole end of the world thing. It's also the year of the dragon in which my child will be born! I hear it is a the best year for a baby to be born. Of course that's all nonsense, but fun to talk about. This is probably just the year that the guy who made the calendar died on while he was making it.
Haha, should be interesting, the whole end of the world thing. It's also the year of the dragon in which my child will be born! I hear it is a the best year for a baby to be born. Of course that's all nonsense, but fun to talk about. This is probably just the year that the guy who made the calendar died on while he was making it.
Just in case, I'm putting off all my spending for Christmas 2012 until after the 21st. I'd hate to spend all that money just to have the world end a few days later.
Same to all on CD. Main thing is to stay safe, and also stay healthy. health is most important.
Have a very Happy new Year and hope that 2012 brings to everyone, what they so deserve.
Ok now party on my deck. Drinks, dancing, and the best tasting food.
HAPPY 2012
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