There it is. The New Year. How new exactly that year is going to be is yet to be confirmed.

With the Covid-19 craze going on and on, almost on repeat since 2019 and constantly getting updated versions, will Covid-22 be the new trend or are we finally closing that chapter for good?

As they say … stay tuned.  

Meanwhile, please remember the good old saying by Mr. Jung that no tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. Yup. Roger that.

Going down since the 90s.

Looking on the bright side of things, most of us have the second part covered one way or another. Or do we? Maybe we can go down some more? What if it is about time we did the new year-new me kind of stuff already?

Anyways, I hope you did your celebrations the Roman style. They certainly did it properly with their partying hard that lasted for some good 14 days because why not? Since we are talking about celebrations and things, let us remind ourselves when New Year was honored originally:

  • Each civilization did things their own way. Parties were somehow different, yet the same. If you know, you know.
  • They started partying more then 4000 years ago.
  • Different civilizations welcomed the New Year not on January 1st but following a significant astronomical or agricultural event
  • The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians began their New Year with the fall equinox.
  • The early Roman calendar set up March 1 as the new year. The calendar had just 10 months, beginning with March.
  • The first time the new year was celebrated on January 1st was in Rome in 153 B.C.
  • It was the Julian calendar introduced by Caesar in 46 B.C. that set up January 1st officially as the first day of the year.
  • January 1st was abolished as the beginning of the New Year during the Middle Ages. Instead the new year was celebrated either on December 25, March 1 or March 25 throughtout medieval Europe.
  • In 1582, the Gregorian calendar restored January 1 as New Year’s day.
  • The British Empire + American colonies continued to celebrate New Year in March until 1752 when they decided that they have strayed long enough from the herd and will also have that party on 1.01.
  • The Lunar New Year is celebrated in most of Asia, following the moon cycles. When? February 1st and yes, you are allowed to party twice for the same occasion.

Seriously, I hope that the combination of three two-s in 2022 will be a lucky one and not as in 666.

Dwell on that.

Happy New Year, reader.