Happy Arbitrary Date Signifying Renewal, Oppo

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi) 12/31/2019 at 02:37 • Filed to: New Year

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We’re starting our run-up with a toast: May 2020 be better than 2019.

Svend > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 12/31/2019 at 02:50

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It’s still a bit early for that here. it’s not even 8am here in the U.K.

But may all your endeavours in the new year be rewarding and your year filled with cries of laughter and tears of happiness.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Svend 12/31/2019 at 03:34

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Thank you and the same to you and yours.

It’s never too early for champagne.  I (chose to) believe that’s a quote from the Queen herself - and if not, from her mother.

Svend > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 12/31/2019 at 04:13

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Oh I quite agree.

Especially when you’ve a large plate of light and airy macrons.

or a pros ecco

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Svend 12/31/2019 at 04:41

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Funnily enough we just finished the meal off with some Macaroons. Co conut and chocolate flavor.  And a Stilton, some Duchy Originals, and a glass or three of a nicely aged desert wine. Might as well end the year with some indulgence...

Svend > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 12/31/2019 at 05:42

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Bloody spell check changed macarons to macrons.

Funny thing about my colleagues. We’ve been selling macarons for about four years at the store I work at. Every time I offer a macaron to a colleague, they say, ‘no thank you, I don’t like coconut’.

Then I have to inform them of the difference between a macaron and a macaroon.

You’ve got to treat yourself from time to time. 

Ye’, I love a nice macaroon drizzled with chocolate and glazed cherry on top.

DipodomysDeserti > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 12/31/2019 at 11:04

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While the date has changed, over the millennia , the date of New Years has been anything but arbitrary.

DipodomysDeserti > Svend 12/31/2019 at 11:06

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Svend > DipodomysDeserti 12/31/2019 at 11:23

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Predictive text error, you don’t have to believe me, but it’s...

get it, because it’s true-doh. 

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > DipodomysDeserti 12/31/2019 at 14:01

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What’s not arbitrary about it? As you say, it’s changed over the years, plus different cultures celebrate the new year on different days, and it doesn’t reflect any natural or religious phenomenon, since it misses solstice and the birth of Christ. The Julian authorities presumably went to some effort to pick when in the solar cycle  they’d align it to, so it’s not arbitrary in that sense, but it has no special significance beyond that, that I’m aware of.

DipodomysDeserti > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 12/31/2019 at 20:14

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Arbitrary means picked at random. The date Europeans and middle eastern inspired Europeans have celebrated New Year’s Day has always held religious or cultural significance.

The religious significance in relation to the Gregorian calendar is that it marks the beginning of the feast dedicated to the naming and circumcision of Jesus.