#13: Why is New Year, New Year?

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Have you ever wondered why January 1st is the start of the new
year?


In today's episode we cover:


History of the celebrations of New Year

When New Year used to be in mid-March

How the Romans tried to fix the calendar

The longest year in history

The Julian calendar (why it worked, and why it didn't)

The pope who brought things back to January 1st

New year today




Key vocabulary: Pressing, Conversation starter, Bringing in,
Topical, Timely, Observed, Festivity, Falling out of sync,
Toasted, Implemented, Leap year, Pagan, Befitting, Abolished,
Circumcision, Circumcised, Reticent, Colonies, Millennia, Custom,
Neglected, Myriad, Skipping over


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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website
www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/why-is-new-year-new-year


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