December

December is the twelfth and last month of the year of the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days.

In the Roman calendar was December the tenth month (Latin decem = ten ) of the 354- day lunar calendar. In the year 153 BC, the beginning of the year has been brought forward by two months, so that the name and Zählbeziehung accounted for. This is sometimes forgotten in the transfer of previously used Latin dates. Under Emperor Commodus the month was renamed Exsuperatorius, after the death of the Emperor, however, he received back its old name.

At 21 or 22 December is the day of the solstice - the sun is just above the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern latitude of 23 ° 26 '. This day is on the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the year, the night is the longest in the southern hemisphere exactly reversed.

The old German name of December is Julmond. The name comes from Yule, the Germanic celebration of the winter solstice. Other Names for December are Christ month since Christmas, the so-called Christian festival, is celebrated in December, or even healing moon, because "Christ brings salvation ". The latter name arose only after the rededication of the Yule in the wake of Christianization.

As to the Christian liturgical year, it begins to deviate from the normal calendar counting, with Sunday 1st Advent. This may be as early as November or December, depending on which day of the week is Christmas.

The month of December begins with the same day of the week as September.

If the 29th, 30th or 31st December, a Monday, the day on Monday of the first week of the following year are attributed. In this case, the last calendar week of the year ends after the DIN standard with the last Sunday of December. Such a year then always has 52 calendar weeks.

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Christmas Goose

Winter landscape in the evening