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Jan 2022
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Why Does the Year Start on January 1? (E...

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
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New Year’s Day is not only the day we turn over a new year on the calendar, but also a day where people start resolutions, companies begin new budgets, and everyone screws up writing checks. 


While documenting our trips around the sun makes perfect sense, why do we use this day, January 1, as the starting point for our calendar years? Why not some other date?


Learn more about how January 1st became the start of the new year on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

  

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