Comments on: Slow Jews day http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/12/28/slow-jews-day/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kent http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/12/28/slow-jews-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Kent Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:51:30 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/12/28/slow-jews-day/#comment-1347 While the having eaten too much may be water under the bridge, if you feel you're not quite ready for the new year you can postpone things a bit by celebrating the Chinese New Year instead. It begins on February 18th this time (it'll be the year 4704 then), so you have several extra weeks to finish out the old year. It's not easy to ignore all the hoopla that goes with the traditional celebrations on the evening of December 31st, but it might be worthwhile to think of this alternative New Year's Day instead. There's really no scientific reason why the year has to end just a little less than a week and a half after the Winter Solstice (it's just a cultural/historical/legal thing), and perhaps a few extra weeks might be just enough to tie up a few loose ends and achieve a few goals not quite reached in the waning year. I found some interesting information about this on the following web page: http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html. While the having eaten too much may be water under the bridge, if you feel you’re not quite ready for the new year you can postpone things a bit by celebrating the Chinese New Year instead. It begins on February 18th this time (it’ll be the year 4704 then), so you have several extra weeks to finish out the old year.

It’s not easy to ignore all the hoopla that goes with the traditional celebrations on the evening of December 31st, but it might be worthwhile to think of this alternative New Year’s Day instead. There’s really no scientific reason why the year has to end just a little less than a week and a half after the Winter Solstice (it’s just a cultural/historical/legal thing), and perhaps a few extra weeks might be just enough to tie up a few loose ends and achieve a few goals not quite reached in the waning year.

I found some interesting information about this on the following web page:
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html.

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