MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How did the month of January get it’s name?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How did the month of January get it’s name?

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2022. Another year begins with the month of January. But where did this month get it’s name from? January is named after the Roman god “Janus”. He had two faces so he could see the future and the past. Much like how we are looking into the new year and…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do we say “Ring in the new year”?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why do we say “Ring in the new year”?

Before celebrating with champagne toasts, confetti, noise makers, resolutions we won’t keep… people used to say farewell to the previous year and welcome the new one by ringing actual bells, often in churches. Decades before people stood in Times Square for hours without going to the bathroom to watch the ball drop, crowds of people…