Trouble Maker Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Other than the celebrations, which could be on any other day of the year had something in history proven otherwise, it's really an arbitrary day. So why do people need/chose this day to make resolutions about their lives? I'm sure it's not something that's been happening in their life for the last few weeks/months. It's probably been going on long before that, maybe/probably even before last new years. So why now? I'd guess that, statically speaking, more people (%) keep resolutions/things they change in their life, when they do it on a random day than on new year’s day. I guess my thinking is that people that make resolutions on some other random day probably mean it more often. Whereas a majority of the people who make them for the new year just do it because it's what you are supposed to do or are reminded of the fact that they are supposed to make themselves a better person because it's January 1st. I guess I've never really understood it, just looking for some insight from those of you that have made resolutions for the new years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 My resolution is to piss on every snowman I see this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 its a new year a clean/fresh start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 yes. the day is about starting over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Google "Yom Kippur". The New Year is a loosely knit Christian version of it, I'm guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 My resolution is to piss on every snowman I see this winter. Nevermind, I understand now. Thanks. But for this to work, we would have to get any amount of snow. Google "Yom Kippur". The New Year is a loosely knit Christian version of it, I'm guessing. Are you trying to convert me? Damn jews. I really don't care where it came from or the history of why people make resolutions on any particular date. Like I said, it could be any random day. Why even worry about doing/starting them on a particular day? its a new year a clean/fresh start. What's the new year have to do with that other than some false psychological blanket for people who can't just make decisions to change things on any random day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 My New Years resolution is to become a psychic. I bet yours is to edit all of your posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Your welcome grasshopper. EDIT: You fucking reply changer. My new years resolution is to edit every one of my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Google "Yom Kippur". The New Year is a loosely knit Christian version of it, I'm guessing. Buwahahahahaaha!!!!!!!!! I hope you were joking. The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring). The beginning of spring is a logical time to start a new year. After all, it is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming. January 1, on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance. It is purely arbitrary. The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison. The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun. In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days. Although in the first centuries AD the Romans continued celebrating the new year, the early Catholic Church condemned the festivities as paganism. But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different. New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations. During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I was directing at the idea of resolutions and the wiping of a clean slate, not the historical significance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I was directing at the idea of resolutions and the wiping of a clean slate, not the historical significance. The Babylonians did it first... way first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 New years is an excuse to get drunk, I have no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Who needs an excuse to get drunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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