Happy New Year!
December 30, 2007
AS 2008 kicks off…remember that “Happy New Year” can be remembered at least FIVE different times…so remember these greetings to all your multicultural friends here at Galileo:
1. January 1st: New Year’s Day on the Western/international calendar
2. Between January 10th and February 19th: New Year’s Day on the Chinese calendar (China, Korea, and a few other places) The Year of the Rat begins February 7th this year.
3. March 21st: New Year’s Day on the traditional Persian calendar (Iran)
4. mid-July (usually the 16th): New Year’s Day on the Islamic (Muslim) calendar
5. September: New Year’s Day (ecclesiastical) on most Eastern Orthodox Church calendars (Central and Eastern Europe) and, usually, on the Jewish calendar.
