The Truth About New Year's Day

If there was any legitimate reason to shun New Year's Day, the Bible may have the solutions for you. For example, the Vernal Equinox, commonly called the Spring Equinox, is the true start of the new year. Then we have New Year's resolutions failing because real change takes a lot more time than just mere resolutions. It gets even worse when you realize that New Year's holidays see many cases of drink driving incidents, with some of them being fatal.

If God wants us to not welcome the New Year on January 1, maybe we should go back to saying "Happy First Day of Spring" instead. Maybe going back to the Anno Mundi Calendar and observing the Spring Equinox will set right everything wrong with our calendar.

New Year Confusion

The Roman Calendar has confused the whole world by relegating the Anno Mundi Calendar to the sidelines. No one can start anew in the middle of winter. Even God knows that, which is why his New Year begins on the Vernal Equinox, which is synonymous with the First Day of Spring. The Vernal Equinox gets its name from the Latin word vernare which means to bloom. Unfortunately, Julius Caesar relegated the Anno Mundi Calendar to the sidelines by moving the first day of the new year to January 1. But his assassination did not do any justice for the Spring Equinox, because the Roman Empire refused to move the first day of the new year back to the Spring Equinox. This resulted in lots of confusion, and humanity has been paying the price since then.

Vernal Equinox Lamentations

Another name for the Spring Equinox is the Vernal Equinox, which is also synonymous with the beginning of the Anno Mundi Calendar. However, this year's Spring Equinox may not begin the Anno Mundi Calendar Year on a positive note...

As if natural disasters, pestilences, wars and persecutions aren't bad enough, the Internet Archive had to settle a court case that could determine the future of digital libraries. This court case is one the Internet Archive must win, otherwise, archiving the past may be classified as a cybercriminal act.

Winter Memories

Remember, nobody can start anew in the middle of winter.

Snowboarding is one of the greatest winter sports, and there are many memories of such good times. But now, these memories are merely part of a bygone era that no longer exists...

There is nothing wrong with the Winter Solstice. In fact, the Winter Solstice is a wonderful day. But the real problem is that the New Year only begins on the Spring Equinox, not in the middle of winter, and most definitely not on the Winter Solstice. Perhaps this is why our world is so turbulent. It is a world that loves being held captive by dark forces so much that it has throughout history been constantly rejecting the God that created it.

Hope for the future

We should not let a devastating pestilence, along with the bad things in this comic bring our mood down. Even if they could, we must remember that things will get worse before they get better. Also, Jesus came to our world to warn us that there will be deceptions, wars, famines, pestilence and tribulation before his Second Coming brings all of them to an end.

Perhaps our world is suffering too much because we chose the wrong date to observe the start of the New Year. In fact, our calendar really needs a reboot...

Gravestone Mystery

While death is not a subject covered in the Animal Crossing series, a gravestone sighting in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct had people wondering if a character in the series actually passed away.

The obvious go-to candidate has to be Tortimer. He's old and retired, meaning he might not have long to live since his last appearance. Another likely candidate is Frillard, who was last seen in City Folk, and in New Leaf, Dr Shrunk mentions how much he misses him. Turnip seller Joan appears to have been replaced by Daisy Mae, hinting at the possibility of Joan being deceased, given that she had been selling turnips for over 60 years, according to one of her dialogues in New Leaf. Yet some believe that the gravestone is a hint about K. K. Slider's fate, if K. K. Slider being missing from all the Animal Crossing: New Horizons trailers was any indication. However, the gravestone is a possibility that the Deserted Island is the home of Animal Crossing's resident ghost, Wisp, who had made appearances in several Animal Crossing games beginning with the GameCube version.

Looks like we will have to wait until the game launches on the Spring Equinox to find out...

Update 1: Animal Crossing: New Horizons did launch on the Spring Equinox, and it turns out that K. K. Slider is still alive. It's also confirmed that Daisy Mae is Joan's grand-daughter, although it is unknown what happened to Joan. As for the gravestone, it turns out to be a decorative item that can be crafted.

Update 2: The Version 2.0 Update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons has confirmed that Tortimer is alive and well and enjoying his retirement.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons © Nintendo.