Casual Dress Friday: What’s your New Years resolution?
Posted on December 28, 2007
Filed Under Casual Dress Fridays
It’s that time of year again. As we close out all that was 2007 and look ahead to 2008, it’s time for a resolution or two. But first a little history.
According to Wikipedia, New Years originally was observed on March 15 in the old Roman Calendar, New Year’s Day first came to be fixed at January 1 in 153 BC, when the two Roman consuls, after whom - in the Roman calendar - years were named and numbered, began to be chosen on that date, for military reasons. However in AD 525, Dionysius Exiguus set the start of the Julian calendar at March 25 to commemorate the Annunciation of Jesus; a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages to mark the New Year, while calendars often continued to display the months in columns running from January to December in the Roman fashion.
Most countries in Western Europe officially adopted January 1 as New Year’s Day somewhat before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. This is sometimes called Circumcision Style, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day counting from 25 December.
So what’s your resolution? For me, like many of you, I’ll be trying to lose a few pounds and I’ve got a couple business ventures that I’m going to launch. So wish me luck. What about you? What are your resolutions this year?
Until next time…
[tags] resolutions, new years
As we all look forward to ringing in 2008, let’s reflect on what a wild year 2007 was! I found a great quote that says that New Years is the one time of year where we all, collectively, pause and reflect on the year that was and with hopeful determination step into the one will be.
From all of us at Talent Insight Group & HR Clean Up, Happy New Year.
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