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History of New Year's

New Years Day is one of the worlds oldest holidays, but it hasn't always been celebrated on January 1. It was first observed in in the ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago, around 2000 BC. Although they didn't follow a calendar, Babylonians began celebrating the beginning of a new year on what is now March 23. Festivities this lasted for eleven days, and different traditions were celebrated each day. They chose this time of year to celebrate the new year because it was springtime, when they planted new crops This had symbolized new growth and a time to look forward to. The same meaning that the new year that we have today.

When the Romans did come to power, they continued to observe the new year in March (n the springtime). However, the Roman calendar frequently had changed based on the wishes of many emperors, and it eventually became out of time with the sun.
An effort to restore a static calendar, the Roman senate declared January 1 as the official beginning of the new year 153 B.C. Despite the law, emperors continued to play with the calendar for over a hundred years. It was not until 46 B.C., when Julius Caesar created a new calendar, that January 1 was again recognized as the start of the new year. At this point, the calendar had been altered so much that Caesar was forced let the year drag on for another 445 days in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun again.

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