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[–] 10 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

The date is arbitrary but the event isn’t.

It's a bit off the mark of the Winter Solstice, which is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.

So I wouldn't even call it arbitrary. It's highly relevant to a person on Earth, waiting for the day when nights start growing shorter and we can look forward to a spring harvest season.

I might argue that the problem with the New Year is that we don't also celebrate the Summer Solstice (longest day of the year) and the two Equinoxes.

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