Sunday, July 31, 2005
My Sample Calendar
I hope I did the math right.
Basically, it's a matter of counting off every thirty days before starting a new month. The dates won't vary much between the old and new calendars for the first half of each year. As the year winds down, however, the differences between the two calendars will become more apparent.
The beauty of the Toledotastic calendar lies in its simplicity. No more wondering if April has 30 or 31 days. Every month has thirty days, end of story. Each year there will be five nameless, monthless days left over (six during a leap year). We could call these "Festival 1," "Festival 2," etc. These days would be given over to celebrations of some sort, along the lines of a protracted New Year's Eve. Since each year has the same number of total days, January 1st would be the same no matter which calendar a person used.
Really, since the traditional December 25th date for Christmas has pagan origins (Jesus was most likely born in the spring) there's no need to keep it. (FYI: The Eastern Orthodox Church holds Christmas on January 7th so the December 25th date isn't even universal among Christians.) So why not make the day after December 30th the new Christmas? Instead of "Holiday Day One" or "Festival Day 1" we could have "Christmas Day 1," "Christmas Day 2," etc., leading up to the start of the new year. I'd think that Christians would be thrilled to have Jesus' birthday honored in such a way.
Western Calendar
| Toledotastic Calendar
|
Basically, it's a matter of counting off every thirty days before starting a new month. The dates won't vary much between the old and new calendars for the first half of each year. As the year winds down, however, the differences between the two calendars will become more apparent.
Western Calendar
| Toledotastic Calendar
|
The beauty of the Toledotastic calendar lies in its simplicity. No more wondering if April has 30 or 31 days. Every month has thirty days, end of story. Each year there will be five nameless, monthless days left over (six during a leap year). We could call these "Festival 1," "Festival 2," etc. These days would be given over to celebrations of some sort, along the lines of a protracted New Year's Eve. Since each year has the same number of total days, January 1st would be the same no matter which calendar a person used.
Really, since the traditional December 25th date for Christmas has pagan origins (Jesus was most likely born in the spring) there's no need to keep it. (FYI: The Eastern Orthodox Church holds Christmas on January 7th so the December 25th date isn't even universal among Christians.) So why not make the day after December 30th the new Christmas? Instead of "Holiday Day One" or "Festival Day 1" we could have "Christmas Day 1," "Christmas Day 2," etc., leading up to the start of the new year. I'd think that Christians would be thrilled to have Jesus' birthday honored in such a way.
