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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8591591" data-attributes="member: 6988941"><p>Note that the start of the year has no particular link to the Gregorian or Julian calendar (although when Britain did finally adopt the Gregorian calendar in the 18th century they did take it as an opportunity to switch when the legal year started).</p><p></p><p>The King of France did not issue a decree implementing the Gregorian calendar in 1567 because Pope Gregory did not promulgate his calendar until 1582. Both things were however part of a general trend towards calendar reform in the late 16th century, and many European countries moved the start of the year from points in the Spring to January 1st during this period. </p><p></p><p>This January 1 New Year's Day of course seems very logical and sensible to we people who have grown up under such a system, but the beginning of Winter really feels a lot less like a "new year" than some point in Spring, and the cause for the move had more to do with the cultural prestige of using the Ancient Roman New Year's date, a desire to synchronize once January 1 was winning out, and the fact that historically it was more feasible to feast at the beginning of Winter than at the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8591591, member: 6988941"] Note that the start of the year has no particular link to the Gregorian or Julian calendar (although when Britain did finally adopt the Gregorian calendar in the 18th century they did take it as an opportunity to switch when the legal year started). The King of France did not issue a decree implementing the Gregorian calendar in 1567 because Pope Gregory did not promulgate his calendar until 1582. Both things were however part of a general trend towards calendar reform in the late 16th century, and many European countries moved the start of the year from points in the Spring to January 1st during this period. This January 1 New Year's Day of course seems very logical and sensible to we people who have grown up under such a system, but the beginning of Winter really feels a lot less like a "new year" than some point in Spring, and the cause for the move had more to do with the cultural prestige of using the Ancient Roman New Year's date, a desire to synchronize once January 1 was winning out, and the fact that historically it was more feasible to feast at the beginning of Winter than at the end. [/QUOTE]
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