If like the famous American children books author Dr. Seuss, you find yourself thinking, “How did it get so late so soon?”, you’re not alone. The year has flown past, and we’re now in the last month of 2018! Where did all the time fly to? Have you achieved all that you set out to do at the beginning of this year? How many ticks do you have on your list of ambitious resolutions that you made for the year?
December, the twelfth and final month on today’s Gregorian calendar, was the tenth month on the old Roman calendar. As with all the other months, this month’s name is also based on a Latin word: Decem (meaning, “ten”).
In December, depending which country you are in, St Nicholas Day is celebrated across Europe on different dates. Generally accepted as the precursor to the commercially popular Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas is very popular with the children in Europe. If you are a tea drinker, please think of the tea workers from tea plantations around the world this December on the 15th, the International Tea Day. While on the 21st, those residing in the Northern hemisphere will experience the Winter Solstice, i.e., the shortest day of the year.
And we shall end the month and the year with the double celebration of Christmas on the 25th, and New Year’s Eve on the 31st which heralds in the start of a new year ahead! Oh, just a tip for the Globetrotters, in case you can’t make it on the 25th for Christmas with your dear ones, you can always celebrate the Orthodox Christmas on the 7th of January!