~Happy New Year 2007~

History of New Year

New Year's Day is the first day of the year, in the Gregorian calendar, falling exactly one week after Christmas Day of the previous year. In modern times, it is January 1. In most countries, it is a holiday. It is a holy day to many of those who still use the Julian calendar, which includes followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches, and is celebrated on January 14 of the Gregorian calendar due to differences between the two calendars.

Originally observed on March 1 in the old Roman Calendar, New Year's Day first came to be fixed at January 1 in 153 BC, when the two Roman consuls, after whom - in the Roman calendar - years were named and numbered, began to be chosen on that date. However in AD 525, Dionysius Exiguus set the start of the Julian calendar at March 25 to commemorate the Annunciation of Jesus; a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages to mark the New Year, while calendars often continued to display the months in columns running from January to December in the Roman fashion.

Among the 7th centurydruidic pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands, it was the custom to exchange gifts at the New Year, a pagan custom deplored by Saint Eligius (died 659 or 660), who warned the Flemings and Dutchmen, "[Do not] make vetulas, [little figures of the Old Woman], little deer or iotticos or set tables [for the house-elf, compare Puck] at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks [another Yule custom]." The quote is from the vita of Eligius written by his companion Ouen.

Most countries in Western Europe officially adopted January 1 as New Year's Day somewhat before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. This is sometimes called Circumcision Style, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day counting from 25 December.




New Year's Eve

~In Australia, celebrations are held around the nation, especially in capital cities such as Sydney, where the world's largest fireworks display draws 1-1.5 million people to the harbour. Australia was one of the first countries in the world to celebrate the new year.

~In New York City, the world famous 1,070-pound, 6-foot-diameter Waterford crystal ball located high above Times Square is lowered starting at 11:59:00 p.m., or the last minute of the year, and reaches the bottom of its tower at the stroke of midnight. It is sometimes referred to as "the big apple" like the city itself; the custom derives from the time signal that used to be given at noon in harbors.

~Other Ball Drops occur in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro and Sydney Harbour

~In The Netherlands, Denmark and other European countries, the New Year is greeted with massive private fireworks. This day is also the occasion to make bonfires of discarded Christmas trees in some countries.

~In South Korea, the most popular way of celebrating New Year's Day is to travel to Jung dong jin, the place on the peninsula where the sun can first be seen each day.

~Junkanooparade, in Nassau, Bahamas

~Some mayors in North America hold New Year levees

~In Scotland, there are many special customs associated with the New Year. For more information, see Hogmanay, the Scots name for the New Year celebration.

~Japanese New Year in Japan

~The Peach Drop in Underground Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

~In Davos, Switzerland, the final match of the Spengler CupIce HockeyTournament is usually held on this day by tradition.




New Year's Day

~In Britain an extra round of football fixtures is played.

~In Pasadena, California, United States, the Tournament of Roses is held, with revelers viewing the parade from the streets and watching on television, followed by the Rose Bowl football game.

~The aforementioned Rose Bowl football game is one of several postseason bowl games played in college football in the United States (though in recent years it, due to its involvement in the BCS, has not always fallen on New Year's Day; changes in the BCS mean that the Rose Bowl will return as a perennial New Year's Day fixture).

~Vienna New Year Concert, in Austria.

~Polar Bear Clubs: in many northern hemisphere cities near bodies of water, they will have a tradition of people plunging into the cold water on New Year's Day. The Coney Island Polar Bears Club in New York is the oldest cold-water swimming club in the United States. They have had groups of people enter the chilly surf since 1903.

~In Philadelphia, the Mummers Parade is held on Broad Street.

nice!!!! looks good nice decorations man!

Wow! happy new year to both of you guys, hope you had a great holiday..:)

those pics are great, What strain is that plant?

- i just wondered because it looks ALOT like a pic ive got here of the strain im hoping to grow one day :) heres a crappy pic - hope you dont mind...;)

Its called Durga Mata... I dunno if youve heard of it before...

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I wish i had a slightly better pic, then you could see how close they look ;)

Anyways, happy new year to you guys too ;)

The strain pictured is our Agent Orange

Sub

aah... cool, well, the pics are great... lol as always...

My apologies for not clarifying...

The plant pictured is Agent Orange 51 days into flower. She is a cross between my Orange Velvet and Sub's Jack The Ripper.

The buds in the Gold Goblet and the bubbler are Jack The Ripper. The buds in the Silver Goblet are Vortex (A-13 x SQ).


(btw DopeBoy, I'm not a man... thus hints Mz)


Let's have a New Year Toke....


Happy New Year
MzJill

wow sorry but those last pics scare the shit outta me.:eek:

Happy new year. Have a good one

Why do you guys look like demons in the last pics? :(

I hope everyone had a great New Year celebration.

Why do we look demonish in the photos? Because we are muhahahaha! How can you not realize that we used a photo editing program to make our faces blurred beyond reconition? Not to be rude, but duh!

Peace & Kindbuds,
MzJill