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Four Ways to Keep Your House Warm When the Heat Goes Out

 

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I just discovered that if I had the money to blow, I could set up a full sized wishing well in the corner of my bedroom. I am now mildly obsessed.

 

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Rome, Quirinal Palace: decoration of the Peace Cabinet vault, by Giani Felice, 19th Century, 1812, | Mondadori Portfolio/GettyImages

Our calendar year begins in January, which is when the new year starts in the Roman calendar since sometime in the middle of the second century CE. January takes its name from the ancient Roman god Janus, a god of doorways and gates, who is represented as having two faces on opposite sides of his head. In the Roman period, though, the month was known as Januarius.

Where Do Months Get Their Names?

 

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Reminds me of the restaurant on Coming to America. McDougalls or something?

 

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Rome, Quirinal Palace: decoration of the Peace Cabinet vault, by Giani Felice, 19th Century, 1812, | Mondadori Portfolio/GettyImages

Our calendar year begins in January, which is when the new year starts in the Roman calendar since sometime in the middle of the second century CE. January takes its name from the ancient Roman god Janus, a god of doorways and gates, who is represented as having two faces on opposite sides of his head. In the Roman period, though, the month was known as Januarius.

Where Do Months Get Their Names?

But why choose January for the beginning of the year? It seems like such a random time of year. Sorta randomly into the beginning of winter. It's not like a rigid changing of the seasons, or a full moon, or a time when the stars are in a certain alignment. It just is... January.