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at first blush you'd think it would be the coldest, having gotten gradually colder as the days shorten
Um, well--the number of daylight hours isn't necessarily a reliable indicator of temperatures. Depends on where on earth you're talking about, I reckon.
I have always thought of the seasons starting when the calendar says they do: starting into their appropriate weather, which then (usually) peaks somewhere near the middle of the three months, and gradually tapers off towards the end of that period.
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I have for a long time thought the year should start on March 1st...
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the year should start on March 1st...
The first Roman calendar, made up by Romulus himself, had only ten months and 304 days (and then skipped all of the days in what are now January and February). It began in March.
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>I have for along time thought the year should start on March 1st...
Why start the year near the beginning of autumn?
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> beginning of autumn heh. 
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Why start the year near the beginning of autumn?
Ask your friendly neighborhood rebbe.
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Why start the year near the beginning of autumn?
The Church Year begins on the First Sunday of Advent which is four Sundays before Christmas Day. That puts it at the end of November or the beginning of December, which is pretty autumnal in this half.
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>>Ask your friendly neighborhood rebbe
Actually, there are four new years in the Jewish calendar
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>Actually, there are four new years in the Jewish calendar
What was wrong with the old ones?
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> What was wrong with the old ones?
Nothing much. But the new ones were on special.
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