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Show The first day of the year has been more generally observed over a longer period of time than any other holiday. Celebration of the New Year can be traced back to the Druids in England, Eng-land, and even to the Babylonians, when it was the season for a 12-day celebration. The Druids celebrated the New Year on the shortest day of the year. They believed this to be the day that the sun, which journeyed away from the earth in the cold months, began the journey homeward bringing bring-ing with it sunshine, warmth and good cheer. |