 | Jack Santino - Social Science - 1995 - 260 pages
...moment of transition from one year to the next (Van Gennep 1960). Christmas is also associated with the end of the year and the beginning of a new one; historically, it is related to the winter solstice (December 21), the day of most darkness, after which... | |
 | Émilien Mohsen - Time in literature - 2005 - 628 pages
...the fable of the Oak and Briar, which, in turn, are synonyms of old-age and youth, winter and spring, the end of the year and the beginning of a new one. However, the youthful but heedless Cuddie is given some prominence and logic. Thenot is shown to be... | |
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Russia, it was completely secular, symbolizing the end of the year and the beginning of a new one. 