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GUEST VIEW: Rhode Islanders and Christmas
By Patrick Conley, Newport Daily News
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The Historic Odessa Foundation celebrate their 30th anniversary with a theme from Twas The Night Before Christmas , at the historic Wilson Warner House, c. 1769.
In the 4th century, Western Civilization operated under the calendar promulgated by Julius Casesar (the Julian Calendar). The first day of the year was March 25 and December, as indicated by its name, was the tenth month. A nine-month period of human gestation from New Year’s Day (March 25) onward would culminate with a birth on Dec. 25. By the 7th century the Roman Catholic Church had designated March 25 as the Feast of the Annunciation, the day on which the Virgin Mary was told that she would conceive a son to be called Jesus. ....

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