#Christmar Day

[simarcana]

Thank you so much for all the tags during the simblr gratitude day!

I fleed for a little because December is always a very tough month for me in every way possible and I also felt bad posting silly stuff during Christmars time knowing what's going on in the rest of the world. But even if late I really want to thank you and appreciate all the nice people that I had the chance to exchange any kind of interation here on this silly platform. You folks are talented and welcoming so thanks for making the simblr side of tumblr alive!

[scotianostra]

Did you know that up until 1599 that Scotland celebrated Christmas day on December 17th.

So Happy Christmas Day folks, Scottish Old Style! 

King James VI, via an act of his Privy Council, decided that Scotland should come into line with other “well governit commonwealths.” but generally well governed France, the date for New Year's Day was changed from the 25th of March and imposed as the 1st of January. So the day after the 31st of December, 1599, became the 1st of January, 1600. Insular England didn't make the 1st of January the official start of the year until 1752. For more facts about New Year check this link out here. Most folks, if asked, will say that New Year's Day falls on the 1st of January each year. It was not always so, either in the United Kingdom in general or in Scotland, in particular. Come to think of it, it still isn't so in many parts of the world. New Year's Day is generally accepted as being the day that marks the beginning of a new calendar year and also the day on which the year count is incremented, but neither was that always so and  still isn't so in the Jewish calendar. The 1st of January is certainly the  first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar and it was also the  first day of the year on the ancient Julian calendar as used in Rome. Despite that apparent synchronisation, January the 1st on the Julian calendar currently corresponds to January the 14th on the Gregorian calendar. In terms of other cultures, the Hijri or Islamic New Year begins on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. In 2011, it fell on the Gregorian 26th of November. However, the Islamic year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian year, so there's also a  perennially shifting differential between the two calendars. The Hindu New Year falls according to the time and date the Sun enters Aries on the Hindu calendar, which normally means the 13th of 14th of April, depending on the Leap year. The Jewish New Year is celebrated on Rosh Hashanah, which takes place between sunset on the evening before the first day of Tishrei and nightfall on the second day of Tishrei. Strange to say, Tishrei is the seventh, rather than the first, month of the Hebrew calendar. In terms of the Gregorian calendar, Rosh Hashanah will fall between September the 5th and October the 5th. The Chinese, on the other hand, celebrate New Year's Day as the first day of the lunar calendar, corrected every three years, for solar deviations. The date normally falls between the 20th of January and the 20th of February. Until 1599 in Scotland,  the New Year began on the 25th of March, which was in line with England. However, on the 17th of December, 1599, King James VI, via an act of his Privy Council, decided that Scotland should come into line with other “well governit commonwealths.” As a result of Jamie Saxt looking over his shoulder at the likes of 'well governed' France, the date for New Year's Day was changed from the 25th of March and imposed as the 1st of January. So the day after the 31st of December, 1599, became the 1st of January, 1600. Insular England didn't make the 1st of January the official start of the  year until 1752, the year it adopted the Gregorian calendar and way after James VI became James I of England.

According to the 'Register of the Privy Council', “The Kingis majestie and Lordis of his Secreit Counsall undirstanding that in all utheris weill governit commouns welthis and cuntreyis the first day of the yeir begynis yeirlie upoun the first day of Januare, commounlie callit new yeiris day, and that this realme onlie is different fra all utheris in the compt and reckning of the yeiris ...his Majestie with the advise of the Lordis of his Secreit Counsall statutis and ordanis that in all tyme cuming the first day of the yeir sal begin yeirlie upoun the first day of Januare...” Jamie's Privy Council was a powerful legislative and administrative body, which was very useful to him. The King had much more influence over the Privy Council than he ever did over the more independently minded Scottish Parliament. The Privy Council act of the 17th December, 1599, went on to command royal officials, clerks, judges, notaries,  &c., “in all tyme heireftir” to date all “thair decreittis infeftmentis charteris seasings letteris and writtis quhatsumeuir according to this p[rese]nt ordinance.” 

They also seemed to have had a shortage of commas in those days.

Scotland has had a chequered past regarding Christmas, perhaps that is why New Year has always been a wee bit mair special to us than the Yuletide season. Why was this? Well you can trace it back to an act of the Scottish Parliament in 1640 that made the celebration of Yule illegal.

Things had started going sour when those spoilsport Calvinist began to get a foothold, the earliest origins of the church falling out with Santa was actually some years previous, when in 1583, Glasgow Kirk at St Mungo’s Cathedral threatened those those who celebrated Yule with excommunication, this was serious in those god fearing days and would have condemned your eternal soul to hell, a fate worse than the death that would precede this! 

Why was this? Well there are no celebrations of Christmas, after the Nativity itself  recorded in the Bible. Therefore there should be none in Scotland, even singing a Christmas carol was considered a serious crime. After almost 60 years of build-up they eventually passed it into law. They also looked to the old testament for there religion, more or less ignoring the "papist" new one, as for the Virgin Mary, what was she but a heathen goddess dressed up in Roman garb? So she was dropped, along with all the other saints to whom benighted Papists addressed their prayers.

The law was officially repealed in 1712, but it was still generally frowned upon. Punishments for celebrating Yule were harsh, and there was no public holiday for the Scottish people on Christmas Day.

This next part might surprise many of you, after centuries of not having, what the Yanks call "The Holiday season" Scotland eventually began to shake off it's bad relationship with Christmas, when in 1958 it became an official holiday! January 2nd has for years been our additional festive season holiday, it wasn't until 1971 that Boxing Day officially became a holiday 

After centuries of social, religious and political change, Christmas in Scotland has become a very unique celebration.

And as in times long past, we treat this time of year as a holiday season, rather than a single day. Christmas flows into Hogmanay in a glow of family, friends, fun and feasts – and that’s about as traditional as you can get, so raise your glass, turn to your loved ones today and wish them a Happy Christmas. 

The first pic shows a full extract from the Scottish National Archives, the third is what is thought to be the first officially printed Gregorian Calender the basis for most calendars in the Western World.

[hohokekyo]

I was tagged!

By that one Aniki that I cannot tag, mweeh! @akirafanatic ← D: 

rules: copy this post into a new text post, remove my answers and put in yours, and when you are done tag up to 10 people and also tag the person who tagged you… and most importantly, have fun!

a - age: 23

b - biggest fear: That I might end up all alone because I scare people away or make them forget me.

c - current time: 02:54am by the time I type and . . . 03:14am by the time I finish.

d - drink you last had: That amazing green tea that @candycottonforest gave me for a late birthday and christmar present

e - every day starts with: Taking my medicine and checking if my nail polish still looks fine.

f - favorite song: I don’t have that ONE favourite song because I really like a lot of songs. I am currently listening to an instrumental version of Luo Tianyi’s “Reminiscence of the Red Lotus”.

g - ghosts, are they real: I haven’t encountered one yet but I'm not sure what to think about all this in general.

h - hometown: Hamburg, Germany

i - in love with: Aniki [now guess which one out of all I have] . . . nah, actually no one because I am not capable of feeling the romantic kind of this emotion.

j - jealous of: People who have great skills with whatever. It sucks to be able to do everything a little but without exceeding at anything. 

k - killed someone: In my head quite a few but not in real life because of hopefully obvious reasons. 

l - last time you cried: Just a few hours ago.

m - middle name: Mayulee. 

n - number of siblings: None.

o - one wish: To obtain inner balance and being able to find peace within myself. 

p - person you last called/texted: Either @anime-manga-heaven or @candycottonforest . . . but it should be @candycottonforest because I was talking to her about OreIya. 

q - questions you’re always asked: “Why are you so quiet?”, “Why are so always so cold and serious?” and “How are you able to drink so much [for an asian]?”

r - reasons to smile: Friends I guess . . . and good grades.

s - song last sang: Sabaton - Carolus Rex

t - time you woke up: 02:17pm with @candycottonforest next to me.

u - underwear color: None White.

v - vacation destination: I absolutely detest travelling and I always avoid it at all costs which is very frustrating to some of my friends [Hamburg is pretty, why should I leave].

w - worst habit: Avoiding responsibilities and conflicts. Also not being able to speak up or speak my mind.

x - x-rays you’ve had: A few of my jaw.

y - your favorite food: This.

z - zodiac sign: Capricorn.

No tags because I know that whoever I tag either did it already or won’t do it.