We made it through 2024! This was quite a year, but in truth, every year has its challenges and rewards. We deeply appreciate our employees, our clients, our communities and our Earth!! On we go to a beautiful New Year.
In upcoming blogs we will review 2024 and enjoy the highlights. We will also look into the predictions for 2025.
History: When Does the New Year Begin!!
We hope our readers have some fun plans for New Year’s Eve! The question occurred… how long have we humans being celebrating the New Year? We found the answer in Brittanica [LINK] and it’s a bit surprising (and confusing).
“The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates from about 2000 bce in Mesopotamia, where in Babylonia the new year (Akitu) began with the new moon after the vernal equinox and in Assyria with the new moon nearest the autumn equinox (mid-September). For the Egyptians and Phoenicians, the year began with the autumn equinox (September 21), for ancient Persians it began on the vernal equinox (March 21), and for the early Greeks it began with the winter solstice (December 21). On the Roman republican calendar the year began on March 1, but after 153 bce the official date was January 1, which was continued in the Julian calendar of 46 bce.
“In early medieval times most of Christian Europe regarded March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year, although New Year’s Day was observed on December 25 in Anglo-Saxon England. William the Conqueror decreed that the year begin on January 1, but England later joined the rest of Christendom and adopted March 25. The Gregorian calendar, adopted in 1582 by the Roman Catholic Church, restored January 1 as New Year’s Day, and most European countries gradually followed suit: Scotland, in 1660; Germany and Denmark, about 1700; England, in 1752; and Russia, in 1918.”
January 1st it is!!
Apparently there came to be some agreement on the Gregorian calendar and here we are… stepping off into 2025. Will it be a good year for AMS? Undoubtedly it will!!
That very special thing about AMS is that we are a B Corporation. What does that mean? It means that, unlike some others, we put the well-being of our employees, clients, community and our beautiful Earth right up there as #1. In other words… AMS will not exploit others or damage the earth for profit. AMS Fulfillment is a leader, in many ways, and we are grateful. Perhaps in 2025 we will see more businesses stepping up to the B Corporation standards. Let’s make it a beautiful year!
Happy New Year!
May the coming year be filled with… fulfillment… prosperity… and wonderful surprises!!
