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December has marked the end of the year and the beginning of winter since the ancient Romans established their first calendar. As its etymology indicates, December is formed from the Latin root decem- “ten,” however December is our twelfth month. The strange numbering discrepancy is also present for the months of September, October, and November, which mean “seven,” “eight,” and “nine,” even though they are our ninth, tenth, and eleventh months, respectively. This is because the ancient Roman calendar had only ten months in the year, which began in March. Eventually January and February were added to the end of the year after December, though by the time the Julian calendar was established in 45 B.C., January and February appeared at the beginning of the year, bumping all of the original months back by two, and leaving the names as they were originally assigned.
Before December entered Old English, the terms for December were Ǣrra Gēola or Gēolmōnað, “yule month.” The early Germanic people celebrated the mid-wintery season during a time that was called yuletide, a two-month period that spanned December and January. With the rise of Christianity, the yule was condensed and adopted into the liturgical year under the Christian name Christmastide, which begins on Christmas day and lasts a total of twelve days—the twelve days of Christmas. Our memory of the yule may be limited to yule logs, but every time Santa is described as “jolly,” you can take comfort in the fact that “jolly” may have derived from the same Old Norse root that brought us yule. 今天才知道这个，分享一下。
所以说古罗马人也是挺不负责任的，原本就10个月，随便添了2个月在后面，就变成12个月了，而且原本是放到年末的两个月又跑到年初去了 然后yule是指12天圣诞。。。好像有个很传统的圣诞颂歌是12 days of Christmas，每一句是一个code
Partridge in a pear tree Jesus Christ, symbolized as a mother partridge that feigns injury to decoy predators from helpless nestlings. Two turtle doves Old & New Testaments Three French Hens Faith, hope, charity Four Calling birds The Four Gospels Five Golden Rings The Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy) Six geese a laying Six days of creation Seven Swans a swimming 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit Eight maids a-milking 8 Beatitudes Nine Ladies Dancing Nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit Ten Lords a-leaping 10 Commandments Eleven pipers piping The 11 faithful disciples 12 drummers drumming 12 articles of the Apostles Creed
对于一个受儒道佛思想影响更大的人来说，以上内容好像没什么用啊，或许我可以稍微了解一下，然后和肩膀君散步时候装逼卖弄
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发表于 2015-12-9 12:17:57
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不过我终于知道amazon的12 days deal来自哪里了…话说为什么英制的很多东西都是12进的？12小时，12 inch，12月
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