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[–] illi@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But it isn't. Winter solstice already happened before Christmas. New Year, in our current culture, is 100% arbitrary.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's distorted by a fuckton of history and stuff, including the invention of yearly calendars and manipulating them over millenia, plus whatever christianity added to the mix, but it's not arbitrary.

[–] illi@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

It is now.

I can imagine it started the way so that January 1st falls on solstice. But it doesn't so the date we set as New Year is pretty arbitrary.