Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New Year's Day and the history of time

IT'S HAPPENING again: The champagne. The ball dropping. The resolutions of everything we plan to change.

But what are we really celebrating on New Year's Eve? And why do we consider tonight -- of all nights -- as the last night of the year?


MORE: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/12/31/the-meaning-and-mystery-new-year-day/LxoUXb77uEyErfdhgMsPXP/story.html