By: Abigail Chavez
For many people around the world, New Year is one of the most anticipated festivities throughout the previous 365 days, as it marks a before and after the good or bad year that could have been experienced. And in this 2020 we believe that many people all they want is to leave it behind, and mark a new beginning, with new goals and desires that must be worked for their achievement. But what exactly is the New Year? It can be easily said that it is a celebration of the beginning of the year, marked in the western calendar, and it is usually one of the most important celebrations of the whole year, since many people are part of it, either as a family or personally. , establishing goals and dreams to fulfill in the next 365 days.
In addition to this, it is contemplated that it is precisely every January 1 that the New Year begins, but only for the Western world, since, for the Chinese calendar, there is not officially a day marked as the end of the year, but it is It is celebrated between February 21 and 18, dates on which the inhabitants of that part of the world themselves establish their own goals and dreams for the next 12 months.
Since the implementation of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, January 1 has been cataloged as the first day of a new year, and since then, it has been marked as one of the most important dates. Pope Gregory XIII was in charge of establishing this important day, with its respective celebrations after it was customary to do it at the end of March of each year, when the crops of the land and the same began. spring.The greatest meaning that the New Year has is with life itself, since it simplifies the beginning of a new cycle and with this the beginning of new opportunities, both professional and personal, and thus meet the expectations that are held for the coming months. or those that were had during the past 12 months.
