New Year origins from ancient Yuletide and Saturnalia
The article traces New Year celebrations to the Yule festival and Saturnalia, noting sun worship, bonfires, and gifts to Freya. It explains the evolution to a Christian calendar, the role of Janus in Imperial Rome, and old customs like the first visitor and New Year’s water. It concludes that modern revelry mirrors ancient rites from pagan Rome 2000 years ago.
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Reynolds New Year Resolution Tale for a Young Boy
Six year old Reynold asks what resolutions are and chooses a one day goal to mind his mother all day on New Year. Great aunt Prudence brings cake, he resists extra servings, and his mother nudges him with a secret cheer as he keeps to his single resolve.
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Treatment of heart disease by oxygen therapy in enclosed areas
A historical note claims several heart diseases may respond to keeping patients in spaces with 40 to 50 percent oxygen. It also defines “Sheep Islands” as the Faeroe Islands, located between Iceland and the Shetland Islands, known for sheep.
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The New Year ritual of the Iroquois and their white dog
In midwinter the New Year ceremony among the New York Indian kinfolk centers on the dog or ceremonial stand in place of the white dog. Feathers and ribbons replace the dog in modern rites while the ritual renews loyalties, forgives debts, and heals family tensions. Enemies become friends and old discord is banished as a fresh path is opened for the year ahead.
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New Year Resolutions Spark Theoretical Chaos Collier's Weekly
A Colier sassy riff questions how drastic resolutions would reshape society if they ever came into force. The piece lampoons overambitious goals and the impracticalities of sweeping reform in daily life.
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