... I suppose we're into the New Year already. Happy New Year, folks 
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Happy New Year dear Bags... may it be kind to us all. 
I wish a happy new year for all friends on Gransnet and GNHQ 
Am I alone in thinking this is all a bit previous? 
Possibly, Ana...but what the heck! 
Astronomically speaking, it not only isn't 'previous', it's positively late!
Good excuse to skip New Year altogether then...
You can't skip what happens whether you want it to or not . You might skip some of the excesses associated with it, or even the hopefulness of renewal that is often associated with it, but that's an entirely different matter
But if it's already happened, Bags, why can't I just stick with that and ignore 1st January?
Butty, I'm calling the start of a new year the day after the winter solstice, chosen (by me) because it marks the end of the shortening days and the start of the lengthening ones, moving slowly but surely towards longer days, more light and warmth, renewed plant growth, etc. If I lived in the southern hemisphere, I'd have chosen what we call the summer solstice, I suppose. Anyone can start a new year any time, as DD2 pointed out. I'm just going with an astronomical 'moment' rather than what we call 1 January. Does anyone know why that day, ten or so days after the N Hemisphere winter solstice, is used as the start of a new year?
So, it's just me pondering stuff.
ana, you can skip and ignore anything you like!
Oh, I see! I thought it was going to be some astronomical time warp discovery that meant we're actually now well into January - what a let-down! . That negates anything I've said previously on this thread so I'll just carry on as normal, and thankfully won't need to think about writing a book...
Isn't that the Stop giving Chemicals a Bad Name clip?
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