PYMNTS.com January 6, 2025
It’s only been for the last 443 years that the start of the new year was celebrated on January 1st. For millennia before that, it wasn’t until late March and on the day when the number of hours between darkness and light was the same. We have Pope Gregory XIII to thank for standardizing the start of the new year on January 1st in 1582 in Christian countries, even though it would be another 170 years for Britain and the U.S. (still a collection of British colonies until 1776) to follow suit.
Regardless of when the calendar pages change from one year to the next, many traditions stand the test of time. People still get dressed up and have parties....
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