New Year's Day is not only the day we turn over a new year on the calendar,

but it's also a day where people start resolutions, companies begin new budgets,

and everyone screws up writing checks.

While documenting our trip around the sun makes perfect sense, why do we use this day,

January 1st, as the starting point for our calendar years? Why not some other day?

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Every year the Earth orbits around the Sun and we celebrate each revolution on New Year's Day.

But what's so special about this particular spot in our orbit?

Why do we use January 1st as the start of our year as opposed to some other day?

As we go back in history, most human civilizations did not use a solar calendar.

They used lunar calendars. In fact if you look at the traditional calendars

for countries such as China and Vietnam or for religions such as China and Vietnam, or for religions such as Judaism and Islam, they have lunar calendars and their New Year's Day changes its state every year.

Our current calendar can be traced back to ancient Rome. The very early Romans, way back at the

founding of the city, used to have 10 months, and that 10 month system is still reflected in many of the

names of our months today. Their first month

was Mardius named after the god Mars which we call March. After March came the

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