Christmas isn't finished till its over for the Orthodox Christians. How do they live the rest of the year if they use the Julian calendar and not the Gregorian calendar? There are 13 days difference. Many Soviet Union and Middle Eastern churches tend towards the "Old Calendar" while most of those in the United States have made the switch. It appears more of a country-wide choice rather than a church choice as the public holiday falls on the chosen date for Christmas.
It seems interesting that Easter isn't impacted but celebrated on the same day by everyone.
This is the week that we look back at the closing year and decide on the top news, events, photos, etc. What area do you look for highlights? I went to the Oxford Dictionary for the Word of the Year. "After much discussion, debate, and research, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 is post-truth– an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’."
Wikipedia has the words of the year from 1990 - 2015 listed. The source is the American Dialect Society. They are so slow in deciding for 2016 that they are still in the process of accepting nominations. Their meeting is January 5 - 8 2017 if they announce it then, it would be in time for Orthodox Christians to celebrate the birth of Christ and the birth of a new word.
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