Happy New Year 2026!

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    Happy New Year!

    Some of us depending on where we live have already crossed into the new year, and others of us will soon.

    This thread is for all to use to send out greetings for the new year!

    Also, you are welcome to share any personal resolutions or ideas for how you want to make 2026 a great year...and also Epicurean thoughts too!

    Happy New Year!

    Wishing a prosperous and pleasurable year for you all! :)

    "We must try to make the end of the journey better than the beginning, as long as we are journeying; but when we come to the end, we must be happy and content." (Vatican Saying 48)

    An excerpt from an article on the history of New Year's resolutions:

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    Alexis McCrossen, a history professor at Southern Methodist University whose research focuses on New Year's observances, says it was ancient Romans who first associated Jan. 1 with New Year's resolutions.

    They celebrated the start of January by giving offerings to the month's namesake, Janus — the two-faced god of beginnings and endings — and auspicious gifts (like twigs from sacred trees) to their loved ones.

    "It was a day to make promises and offerings," McCrossen says. "I think that's the origin of our New Year's resolution, because a resolution is a kind of promise."

    https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5649767/new-years-resolutions-history

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