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HAPPY NEW YEAR STAR GAZERS!

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CONFUSED?

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THIS WEEK IS THE VERNAL EQUINOX: SPRING HAS 
SPRUNG!

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WE CALL SPRING, SPRING BECAUSE LEAVES LITERALLY 
SPRING FORTH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR -- AS OPPOSED

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TO FALL WHEN THEY LITERALLY FALL.

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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THIS WEEK WOULD HAVE 
SEEN US ALL CELEBRATING THE START OF A NEW

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YEAR AND VERNAL EQUINOX.

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IT MAKES SENSE, SPRING MEANS REBIRTH, FERTILITY, 
NEW LIFE

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LITERALLY A NEW YEAR!

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BUT THEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE DECIDED TO COPY 
THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR, ADD A NUMBER OF DAYS

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TO CELEBRATE ROMAN EMPERORS AND START A NEW 
YEAR ON JANUARY FIRST.

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THE ENGLISH ADOPTED THIS CALENDAR IN SEVENTEEN 
FIFTY TWO (1752).

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THINK ABOUT THAT.

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WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A YOUNG BRITISH 
OFFICER HE WOULD CELEBRATE NEW YEAR THIS WEEK,

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ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

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COOL RIGHT?

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ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE, GET OUTSIDE 
AND ENJOY THE EQUAL PARTS DAY AND NIGHT, WHILE

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YOU KEEP LOOKIN UP!