New Years Celebrations... One More Year!
Remember: "It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets." - William Thomas
New Years; Time For New Beginnings
New Years Celebrations
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, Babylonians celebrated the beginning of a new year on what is now March 23, although they themselves had no written calendar.
Late March actually is a logical choice for the beginning of a new year. It is the time of year that spring begins and new crops are planted. January 1, on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance. It is purely arbitrary.
The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison.
The Romans continued to observe the new year on March 25, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun.
In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days.
Although in the first centuries AD the Romans continued celebrating the new year, the early Catholic Church condemned the festivities as paganism. But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different. New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations.
During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years
Things To Think About
Mother Superior called all the Nuns together one evening and said to them: "I must tell you all something. We have a case of Gonorrhea in the convent."
"Thank God," said an elderly Nun at the back. "I'm so sick of Chardonnay."
We enjoy all the holidays and now it is time to start anew!
The Progression Of Life
Paul is somewhere between beer and bags!
Countdown to the current New Year
Year |
New Years Eve | Floats |
Comments |
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| Stayed home alone | Yes |
Back surgery recovery | |
| Santa Ana Elks | Yes |
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| Stayed home with Porter's | Yes |
Saw "The Boyfriend" at OCPAC | |
| Stayed home with Porter's | Yes |
At at Fioriot's | |
| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
First time with Tracy | |
| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
Thai-Italian Restaurant | |
| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
New Years Day dinner at Jeanetted house | |
| Santa Ana Elks Lodge | Yes |
At at home with Porter's on New Years Day... Then to Disneyland | |
| Santa Ana Elks Lodge | Yes |
Played golf at Old Ranch 1/1/2011 | |
| Santa Ana Elks Lodge | Yes |
Yucatan Grill for a Mexican lunch | |
| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
Took pictures at the Schulte wedding | |
| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
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| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
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| Long Beach Mariott w/ Tracy Wells | Yes |
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| 2017 | Santa Ana Elks Lodge | Yes | Tracy retired but we have Nine Carat Gold! |
| 2018 | Old Ranch Country Club | Yes | First time at Old Ramch as private party with 9 Carat Golf |
| 2019 | Old Ranch Country Club | Yes | Year two at the ranch with 106 people |