Pompidou
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I have no problems with New Year's Eve, such as it is, but I do have a problem with the way that most of my peers celebrate it (or celebrate anything for that matter), that is, by getting roaring drunk and such. Nothing against alcohol, but it hardly seems worthy of the attention and place of high importance it is generally given.
Also, why in the world is it in the middle of winter (or the middle of summer for our members in the wrong hemisphere)? It seems like a very random time to have the beginning of the year. Why not April?
I googled your question and found this on wikipedia:
"According to the Christian tradition, 1 January is the day of the circumcision of Christ (on the eighth day of his birth), when the name of Jesus was given to him (Luke 2: 21). Since then, 1 January has been the first day of the year, except during the Middle Ages when several other days were the first (1 March, 25 March, Easter, 1 September, 25 December)."
Take it as you will.