The making of New Year’s Resolutions dates all the way back to the glory days of the Babylonians. During their time, the most popular resolution would be to return borrowed farm equipment.

I actually stopped doing New Year’s Resolutions when I was around 9. I figured that I will just end up fooling myself if I make a wishlist that I would just end up breaking. Might as well start acting to fulfill these and commit to these as a conscious effort instead of making dream wishes, right?:P But then, that’s just me.@_@

Anyway, happy new year, everyone!

The most commonly sung song for English-speakers on New Year’s eve, “Auld Lang Syne” is an old Scottish song that was first published by the poet Robert Burns in the 1796 edition of the book, Scots Musical Museum. Burns transcribed it (and made some refinements to the lyrics) after he heard it sung by an old man from the Ayrshire area of Scotland, Burns’s homeland.

(I wonder if Burns heard the old man singing the song as they were rolling burning barrels down from the hill :P).

Since Christmas has already passed…

New Year in Scotland is called “Hogmanay.” During that day, villagers set barrels of fire on fire and roll these down streets. This is to symbolize the fading/burning up of the previous year and to welcome the new one that is just entering.

Merry, merry Christmas, everybody! I hope you and your loved ones have a very good one this year.:D

Did you know that every aspect of the candy cane actually have a very Christian significance?

The shape stands for the shepherd’s crook to represent the humble shepherds who were the first to worship the newborn Christ.

The white stands for Jesus’ purity.

The red stands for the blood of Lamb, shed for mankind, and the green stands for hope.