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Jan 2, 2026 10 min

271. New Year Customs

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Coming just over halfway through the Twelve Days of Christmas, the New Year brought another important medieval Christian feast-day: The first of January is the eighth day after Christmas, which meant it was the day when Jesus of Nazareth was circumcised according to Jewish law. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/BiEdNia3ZdE which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Everything Everywhere Daily podcast at https://amzn.to/3XHj20A New Year’s Day books at https://amzn.to/45lW7Ne New Year’s Traditions books available at https://amzn.to/45arKJG Auld Lang Syne by Guy Lombardo at https://amzn.to/4qaSIcR ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: Everything Everywhere Daily podcast with Gary Arndt: New Year’s Traditions (31dec2024 #1639; Glassbox Media). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.

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