The celebration of a new year is an ancient one – one that has been around ever since humans started making calendars. Though the holiday is mostly secular now, in cultures throughout the world and history, it’s had significant religious significance. The earliest recorded New Year’s Celebration took place 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon. …
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Charles Dickens on the Christmas Spirit
In honor of the coming Christmas holiday, I’ve been listening to an audiobook of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It’s probably one of the most famous Christmas stories to ever be written, so I won’t recap the story here. Instead, I’d like to take another look at the moral of the story. Because it’s been …
Thanksgiving Month: Thankful for Music
Imagine sitting down and relaxing, your eyes closed. There’s a nice breeze in the air, neither too warm nor too cold. You hear the sounds of the beach – the splashing waves, the swaying palm trees, and the occasional beachgoer laughing. Life couldn’t be better. Then, you open your eyes and realize that you weren’t …