01 January 2012
celebrating the New Year is a tradition
If you had lived in Mesopotamia and Babylon 4,000 years ago (c. 2000 B.C.), you probably would have celebrated the new year in mid-March, at the time of the Vernal (Spring) Equinox.
If, however, you were an Egyptian, your new year began with the Autumnal Equinox and the flooding of the Nile.
If you were Greek, the Winter Solstice began your new year celebrations.
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