We have reached the end of 2018 as well as A Stamp A Day’s “A Month of Christmas” series which never really strayed from the topic (Kwanzaa is a Christmas alternative and the Apollo 8 mission occurred over the holiday and is notable for its Christmas Eve message from lunar orbit). While I examined a host of traditions which focused more on modern United States … Continue reading Новый Год / Novy God (Russian New Year Celebration)
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dog, known popularly as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūn Jié). Here in Thailand, last night — New Year’s Eve — was a big celebration with plenty of music, dance troupes, and fireworks and other noise-making (accompanied by the sound of howling dogs in my neighborhood) … Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year สุขสันต์วันตรุษจีน 中國農曆新年快樂
New Year’s Day, also called simply New Year’s or New Year, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar. In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is also named. As a date in the Gregorian calendar of … Continue reading New Year’s Day
In the Gregorian calendar, December 31 is the last day of the year and celebrated as New Year’s Eve. This is also known as Old Year’s Day or Saint Sylvester’s Day in many countries. In Thailand — where I have lived for the past twelve years — this marks the start of a four-day government and school holiday, the first of three New Year celebrations over the … Continue reading New Year’s Eve
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