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1 day ago · The roots of Christmas gift-giving can be traced all the way back to ancient Rome. During the winter solstice in December, the Romans celebrated a holiday called Saturnalia to honor the god Saturn. This festival was a time of continual feasting, merrymaking, and crucially, gift-giving. The Romans exchanged small figurines called sigillaria ...
3 days ago · Meaning, Christmas already existed by 354 AD. This is confirmed by the document from 204 AD cited above.] For Christianity the Feast of Christmas acquired its definitive form in the fourth century when [Roman pagans stopped celebrating] the Roman Feast of the Sol invictus, the invincible sun.
4 days ago · Veterans Day Celebrates Anyone Who Served In The Armed Forces. When It's Celebrated: November 11. When It Started: 1919, federal holiday as of 1938. What It Means: When the treaty ending World War I was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, that day became known as Armistice Day.
4 days ago · Definition: A leap year is a year that has 366 days instead of the usual 365 days. This extra day, February 29th, is added to keep our calendar synchronized with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Rule: The basic rule for determining a leap year is if the year is divisible by 4.
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2 days ago · Leap years and the Julian calendar which eventually led to the Gregorian calendar, were introduced by Julius Caesar. The leap year used was years that were multiples of 4 but over time did not keep up with the earths rotation around the sun.
1 day ago · The Years Ago Calculator is an intuitive and straightforward online tool designed to quickly provide the exact date from a specified number of years in the past. For example, if you're wondering what the date was exactly 4 years ago from today, all you need to do is enter '4' into the calculator.
3 days ago · Bethlehem. Coordinates: 31°42′16″N 35°12′23″E. Bethlehem ( / ˈbɛθlɪhɛm /; Arabic: بيت لحم, Bayt Laḥm, pronunciation ⓘ; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם Bēṯ Leḥem) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about ten kilometres (six miles) south of Jerusalem.
