Show NEW YEATS 4 U I 1 the theme of new years day always has been one of joy R regardless ol of the country or the people or of the date on which it was celebrated joy marked the spirit in which it was observed new years day of the madans is given as october 17 of the hebrews as september and of the chinese as early february the ancient egyptians phoeni clans and persians began their year at the autumnal equinox september 21 and the greeks until the tha fifth century B C at the winter solstice december 21 in B C the tha latter altered the new years day to june jun e 21 T the 1 e ancient romans celebrated de december c ember 2 21 1 but this was altered to t 0 january 1 by caesar in adopting the julian calendar march 25 was the date observed among most christian peoples in medieval days day s in anglo saxon england howe however ekr december 25 was new years year I 1 3 day until it was wa chan changed 9 ed to ja january nuary I 1 at the norman conquest but later it was changed to march 25 and so rei bained until the english adopted the gregorian calendar |