Linkapalooza: Happy New Year!

While traveling over the holidays, I'll be writing short posts to share links I like.

Best wishes for a wonderful 2006!

If you're interested in New Year's traditions and customs, check out the Better Homes and Gardens web site. According to their article,

We owe the secular custom of celebrating New Year's Day on January 1 to Julius Caesar, who, as emperor in the first century B.C., devised the Julian calendar.

The month of January itself was named in honor of Janus, the two-faced Roman god who looked backward to the old year and forward to the new. It became customary for Romans to hold a festival each year in his honor and to exchange gifts and wishes of good luck.

You can read more about New Year's on Wikipedia.