Традиции и праздники в США

It's Another New Year...The beginning of spring is a logical time to start a new year.After all, it is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming.January 1, on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance.It is purely arbitrary.The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days.It again established January 1 as the new year.New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations.During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years.January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years.