Most people wrap up their New Year plans by the first week of January. Wales, however, has a charming habit of saying, "Hold on—we"ve got one more celebration left." Enter Hen Galan, the "Old New Year," observed on January 13 in parts of Wales, most famously in the Gwaun Valley. The date survives from the old Julian calendar, kept long after the rest of Britain adopted the Gregorian one.
Hen Galan
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Mount Fuji Day
-
Peggys Point Lighthouse, Atlantic Coast, Nova Scotia
-
Stairway to heaven?
-
An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
-
The ‘eighth wonder?’
-
Beauty resides in trees
-
Let’s go to the Ex!
-
Black sands in a tropical paradise
-
Tide pools in La Jolla, California, United States
-
European Day of Parks
-
Nature, art, and...math?
-
Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
-
Val di Funes, Italy
-
Rolling hills of the Palouse, Washington, United States
-
World Wildlife Day
-
International Mountain Day
-
The Painted Hills, Oregon
-
Check out these ‘sea cows’
-
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
-
Happy International Zebra Day!
-
Dalmatian pelicans, Lake Kerkini, Greece
-
Spring equinox
-
International Literacy Day
-
Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, United States
-
World Hippo Day, a giant celebration
-
Shark Awareness Day
-
Big Bends birthday bash
-
Silent night, sparkling lights and hearts full of joy
-
Distillery Winter Village
-
Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

