Here s a question. Christ is said to have been born on December 25th, and we measure time from the date of his birth. The Romans had a few days at the end of their year, that didn t fit into their calendar of 12 months of 30 days each. Note the frenetic pace in the days before Xmas. Afterwards, everything slows to a crawl, in the final days of the year.
Nothing seems to be happening.
There is no school, and at work, little gets done. The noisy city is suddenly quiet. Yes, there is a bit of a looking forward to New Years, but overall, things are down. And after the brief mania of New Years Eve, a kind of depression settles in as winter enfolds the land. Listen to the chill wind in December's dying days.