photo credits: Karlos Wayne

“Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.”
Lord Alfred Tennyson

January is named for Janus the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word “ianua” which means door. So, January is the door to the year.

What else?
The first legal divorce was granted in the Republic of Ireland in January, 1997.
Sir Francis Drake died of the plague on the 28th of January, 1596.
Australia’s Day ison the 26th of January.
Beer was first sold in cans in the USA in January 1935.

I personally know at least one person born in each day of this month. One of them is my brother, who celebrates today. At least another one is a sponsor in Win A Bazzilion Credits Plus One , a contest where – if the god of Randomness is good enough, I will win the credits put at stake by Fragile Heart.

Does January have any special meaning to you?