New year, why now?
 

Although our year is based on Christ's life, or death, but why does our new year start on January the first?

Anno Domini, B.C., I understand all that, but why doesn't are year start after Easter then or something?

Oh my head hurts.:confused:

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Just realised this should really been in any questions rather than here.

It's so confusing I wasn't thinking straight, sorry.

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Is it not that the year starts in January because of the seasonal phases of the farming calendar as apposed to the Christian element.

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If your head hurts now just try wrapping your mind around what's at the end of this link!

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Flippin eck Less my heads hurting too now!!! :(

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Time for another drink........:rolleyes:

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now doug that sounds like a plan to me, it is nearly new year after all

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Beat you both to it, got the headache and took the cure.

More torture than thumbscrews just on one page!

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aint it because its just enough days after the christmas booze-ups so you're fully recovered for new years eve?
economical thinking from Mr J.Christ!
blasphemy? never.....smite me almighty smiter!!!

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Yes Gregorian, Julian, but it's all based around the birth and death of Jesus.

What year, and what calendar was in use when the census happened in Bethlehem when Jesus was born?

If B.C. is before Christ, and A.D. is after Jesus death, what happened to the thirty three or so years in the middle? Does the calendar start at his birth or his death?

Why January the first as the start of the new year, that's really got nothing to do with the Christian calendar?

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Well Rindy your not easy to please try this (there's a bit less maths).

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So Jesus was probably born in 'the fall' in Bethlehem.

Ain't that just so cute?

Y'all have a nice day, ya hear?

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I thought it was in the mid bleak winter, sometime around 5th January ish?.

Did they have mid bleak winters in Bethlehem?

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England began its numbered year on March 25 (Lady Day or Annunciation Day), between the 13th century and 1752 January 1 was called New Year's Day, and was, with Christmas and occasionally Twelfth Night, a holiday when gifts were exchanged. 364 days (365 in leap years) remain in the year after this day


I'm stopping in tomorrow night. I shall do the English thing and not be a European sheep. I shall celebrate the new year on Lady Day.

Wasn't she also known as Billie Holliday, what date's that????

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1 B.C., O, 1 A.D. 2 A.D. etc, it doesn't make sense. If Jesus was born in the year zero, he didn't die until 33 A.D. Which means he lived from 0 -33 A.D. Which meand he lived in the Anno Domini bit which is daft.

I think they should go back to the drawing board. We should go metric anyway.

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Not quite sure what calendar the Romans were using at the time, but the Jews who were of course the people that Jesus belonged to would count the years using the Moon (I forget what name is given to this method). This is also the reason Easter is at a different time every year as it always is follows the Jewish heast of the Passover!

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Why don't you know?

You are a Theologian.

If you did know, would they let you be a vicar then?:D

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Hmm, I suppose I should now but it is not really my area.

As for being a vicar I am of the wrong denomination. In any case the idea of being a man of the cloth scares the hell out of me!

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Oh, I will consider tha latter a challenge, as such I will find out for you!

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Well ok we'll let you off from taking cloth, but when does the Christian calendar start, with the birth or death, and doesn't that leave a thirty odd year gap?

No good answer and I'm afraid you'll have to take this year again.:)

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Try this for size, the Roman stuff is further down the page.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini

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Thanks Acidic-babs.

I knew I could rely on you, as one who has kissed the Papal ring.

Happy Lady Day, New Year or whatever.

Cheekiness aside, it looks an interesting site, l shall now go and read it properly.

Thank you.:)

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Only you could get two double entendres into a post like that.