Show I I I How December I Got Its Name The name of December for the month which ends today is no longer appropriate ap- ap for it is derived from decem de I de cern cem the Latin word meaning ten The name was first applied by the tho Romans wh h p n the h year w was s di divided l ed I into ten months with the tl addition of I supplementary days to complete the period pe- pe I nod required for a revolution of the 1 earth around the sun i 1 When the calendar of Romulus was amended in B. B C. C by Numa Porn Porn- Pom-j Pom and the year was divided into I I twelve months December became the i F month but retained its or ordinal Inal I nal n name me The Emperor who reigned in the second century attempted to change the na name nano o of December December De De- cember to in honor of a aI fair favorite of that name whom he I had painted to resemble an Amazon I This innovation was not popular and I when died from poi poison on I administered by another feminine fa favorite fa a- a the name of died I him The ancient Saxons called caned the last month Winter which was af afterward afterward afterward af- af changed to Herlig l or holy month when they were converted converted converted con con- to Christianity The modern Germans again changed the name to to I Christ because the month contains con con- thins the anniversary of the birth con I of Christ |