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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#13: Why is New Year, New Year?