Today is the 4th day of the 1st week, the 1st day of the 1st month, the 1st day of 2025 [with only 357 shopping days until Christmas], and:

  • Apple Gifting Day
  • Commitment Day
  • Copyright Law Day
  • Ellis Island Day - the new immigration processing facility opened on this day in 1892
  • Euro Day
  • Global Family Day
  • Independence Day - Brunei from Britain in 1984, Cameroon from France in 1960, Haiti from France in 1804, and Sudan from Britain in 1956 
  • Mummer's Parade
  • National Black-eyed Pea Day
  • National Bloody Mary Day
  • National First-Foot Day - the first person to set foot in your domicile is a bringer of good fortune to you and yours - especially if they are carrying coins, food, or alcoholic beverages
  • National Hangover Day
  • New Year's Day
  • New Year's Dishonor List Day - time to get rid of those overused words and catch phrases
  • Polar Swim Day
  • Public Domain Day - a list of books, films, music, sound recordings, and international works entering common use today 
  • Saint Basil's Day
  • Tournament of Roses Parade Day
  • World Day of Peace
  • Z day - letting the last go first for a change
  • The 2nd day of Hogmanay
  • The last day of Kwanzaa - a communal feast celebrating  Imani or faith.
  • The last night of Hanukkah - celebrates the day on which the miracle of oil occurred and is known as Zose Hanukkah, Zos Hanukkah, or Zot Hanukkah  
  • The 8th day of of the Twelve Days of Christmas - St. Basil's day or eight maids a-milking depending on your POV
  • the moon is a waxing crescent and is only 3% of full
  • and Voyager 1 is ~23h 04m 11s of light travel time from Earth, or 24,898,000,000 km / 15,471,000,000 mi / 166.433 AU

Quote of the day:

 

The community party went well last night.  I  dressed flamboyantly with my red hat to provide me with a conversation starter, and it seemed to work as I met a great many neighbors whose names I will not remember, including a very spry lady of 97 who came over to chat and told me many stories - she got married the month I was born!  The amount of food that was provided was incredible and everything was delicious - I really need to find out who made that bread pudding and went back for a extra helping of that.  Many were sharing drinks, including champagne, but I stuck to my ice wine.  One of the younger residents was leading line dancing, and I tried but quickly became overheated.  The crowd thinned out as the night wore on, but there was a group still there at midnight, and we brought the new year in watching the ball drop in Times Square and singing Auld Lang Syne.  I was not among the helpers, who cleaned up afterwards though, opting to bring myself back upstairs and unwind before bed.

I have officially stopped playing Christmas music until next Thanksgiving.  Today I am going over my daughter's in the afternoon for our traditional New Years Day meal of pork, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, and baked beans.  

And tomorrow it is back to the workaday world and I have to drive into the office.  This coming weekend is for undecorating.

The holidays are officially over, more's the pity!  I hope you enjoyed yours

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