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January
January, The beginning of the new year and the time to make New Year resolutions. January regularly produces frost, ice and snow and is the chilliest month of the year in Britain.
January was established as the first the first month of the year by the Roman Calendar. It was named after the god Janus (Latin word for door). Janus has two faces which allowed him to look both backwards into the old year and forwards into the new one at the same time. He was the 'spirit of the opening'.
> If you are looking for fun ideas, and exciting and interesting things to see and do this month, have a browse through the Calendar Dates & Events Categories on the left.
January’s Flower: Carnation
January’s Gem: Garnet
Star Sign:
Capricorn (December 22nd – January 19th) &
Aquarious (January 20th February 18th)
Significant Anniversaries in January
1st January New Year’s Day
4th January Braille Day, birthday of Louis Braille. Day of honoring the blind.
5th January Twelfth Night - Christian observance of the close of Christmastide. Christmas decorations are taken down on 6th January (Twelfth Day), which is 12 days after Christmas Day.
6 January 2009 Epiphany (Christian) Celebrates the visit of the wise men (the magi) to the infant Jesus.
18 January 2009 World Religion Day
19 - 23 January Cancertalk Week Focuses on the emotional and practical issues of the impact experienced by people living with cancer.
20th January Inauguration Day occurs every four years after the election of a US President.
26th January, 2009 Chinese New Year 4707 the Year of the OX
27th January Holocaust Memorial Day - Holocaust Memorial Day is about commemorating and continuing to learn from the events of the Holocaust.
Significant Events & Anniversaries in January:
1st March - St David’s Day (Patron Saint of Wales)
8th March - International Women’s Day
8th March – First Day of Spring!
9th March - Commonwealth Day
17th March - St Patrick’s Day (Patron Saint of Ireland)
22nd March - Mother’s Day / Mothering Sunday
29th March - First Day of Spring
April’s Flower: Sweet Pea
April’s Gem: Diamond
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