This Friday millions of Americans mark a turning point date that has become virtually worldwide over more than two thousand years – but made stops at other dates along the way.
Read the entire article in the 12/31 edition.
This Thursday January 1, millions of Americans mark a holiday that has become virtually worldwide over a long road covering more than two thousand years, but made stops at several other dates along the way.
Observance of New Year’s Day as a national holiday on that date – in America and other societies, mostly celebrated the night before – now marches from timezone to timezone around the globe.
The celebration of the new year on this date developed over many centuries, indeed from several centuries BC/ BCE; but it became virtually worldwide by the late 16th century, mainly as the Gregorian Calendar superseded the Julian Calendar in most parts of the world, with a few more countries adopting it even as late as 1941.
Read the entire article in the January 1st edition of the Express.