Hello, my name is Charles

by on January 1, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Some societies celebrated the New Year at the end of the fall harvest, around Halloween. Other societies celebrated it at the beginning of spring, around Easter. Thanks to the Roman Empire, we celebrate the New Year in the middle of winter, right after Christmas. Yes the Romans were powerful enough to change the calendar. So now children get to look forward to two weeks of vacation time for the two holidays so close together. They are ever so thankful for that.