I had this thought occur to me while lying in bed one morning. I’m sure it’s been pointed out before, and perhaps even explained away, but I think it bears repeating. Now follow closely.
We(stern Civilization) celebrate the birth of our (most people’s) Lord on December 25th. Our calendar starts at Year 1 AD, anno domini, in the year of our Lord. New Year’s Eve is December 31st.
Now how is it that we based our calendar around Christ’s birth, a day we all acknowledge to fall on the same day every year, call all years after his birth AD, and all years before it BC, before Christ for Christ’s sake, but New Year’s doesn’t kick in for another week?!
People make fun of Kwanzaa for being only 20 years old, but Christmas is being celebrated on the wrong day!
I’d also like to know why Christmas is on the same day every year, but Easter isn’t. Jesus was born on December 25th but was resurrected sometime in March or April? Some pope must have once said “To hedge our bets, let’s distribute Easter evenly among their weekends over the years.”
Calculating Easter:
“… the first Sunday after the first full moon occuring on or after the vernal equinox.”
I realize there’s an accurate way to calculate Easter. What I’m saying is it’s bizzarre that Easter is variable, whereas Christmas isn’t. Christmas is based on a solar calendar and Easter on a lunar one. Doesn’t make sense.
Really? I thought Easter’s date was chosen by the Pope throwing darts at the wall after a few beers at Vatican Bar -n- Grill.
I think having time reset for you is probably the greatest honor anyone could ever receive. What could be greater?