Show How December Got Its Its Name I The first appearance of December in inthe inthe the calendar was In the role of the of-the the tenth month of ot the year of Romulus its name being d derived ri ed from irom decem meaning ten In B. B C. C Numa Nurna Introduced introduced In in- January and anel February before March larch and December was relegated to twelfth place vince The name thus ceased to be et etymologically correct and several several sev sev- eral attempts were made to change It It but without success For a decade In Inthe inthe inthe the second century of ot the Christian era in the reign of December December December Decem Decem- ber was called coIled in honor of one of the light lady loves of the prince but soon after the death of he he was poisoned by his favorite favorite favorite fa fa- mistress Martin Martia Romans dropped the name of ot and restored the old name of ot December In the original calendar of ot Romulus December had 30 30 days When Numa Nurna reformed the calendar he reduced December December December De De- cember to 29 days but Julius Caesar gave it 31 days and it has hos been that number ever since By the ancient Saxons December was called Winter Winter- meant which was changed after the introduction of Christianity to or Holy month Buffalo Buffalo Times |