To everyone, celebrating New Year’s on the Old Calendar, Happy New Year!
The Old Calendar was used by much of the world for a long time. It is also known as the Julian Calendar coming to us via Julius Caesar. Over time, people realized that the calendar was off by several days. Part of the world jumped ahead forever losing those days on the calendar while another part did not. While the New Calendar, also called the Gregorian Calendar after Pope Gregory XIII, was adopted eventually by more countries as time passed, some people still adhere to the Old Calendar for religious reasons. The difference between these two calendars at present is thirteen days.
To conclude, there is only one January 1st on both calendars; however what day one recognizes as the first can be different and offset thirteen days from the other. This is the same for Christmas and other days. For example, 25 December on the Old Calendar is 7 January on the New Calendar just as 1 January on the Old Calendar is 14 January on the New Calendar.
There are many other calendars in the world and for that matter different years and time periods to measure such time in existence and use. For example, while some use this year as 2011, others in the world have different numbers based on their cultural and other events for measuring time.
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