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Article: Calendars Greet New Year With Distinctive Themes, Designs.
- Article from:
- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2000
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The first of January. It is a season for New Year celebrations and New Year resolutions. For Korean families, it is a time to get together for a New Year's bow and a bowl of ``ttokkuk.''
Another unmistakable sign of the New Year is the glossy, brand new calendars on desks and walls.
Since the dawn of civilization, calendars have helped people to know when to plant and harvest their crops and when important dates regarding religious services and festivals came around.
Most modernized countries now use the Gregorian calendar, which Pope Gregory XIII devised in 1582, in order to correct the Julian calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.
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