New Year's Eve was celebrated in ancient times, contrary to what some may believe. It was among the most universal pagan ...

The story of January 1st being the official start of the year dates all the way back to ancient Rome. In 46 BCE, Julius ...

January 1 marks the beginning of a new year for most of the world. However, it was not always the case. Let’s take a look at the history of various calendars and their different new years ...

To do so, they decided to base it on the Julian calendar, a solar calendar which Roman ruler Julius Caesar had adopted in 46 B.C. on the advice of Egyptian astronomer Sosigenes in an attempt to ...

The ancient Romans originally had 304 days in a year of ten months (they didn’t count winter months), but then added "Januarius" and "Februarius," for 365 days a year. Julius Caesar established the ...

Great Britain's most remote community still hasn't celebrated Christmas, for one huge reason. It's only been two days since ...

Ethiopians follow the ancient Julian calendar, and like many other Orthodox Christians they celebrate Christmas on 7 January (or according to the Ge'ez Ethiopian calendar, the 29th day of Tahsas).