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 13 January 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:
-
Southern tip of a northern isle
-
Autumnal equinox
-
76 glorious years of independence
-
Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
-
More of a moustache than a beard?
-
International Jazz Day
-
Red deer, Canada
-
Knuthöjdsmossen nature reserve, Sweden
-
International Day for Biological Diversity
-
Gandhi Jayanti
-
Silent night, sparkling lights and hearts full of joy
-
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Huesca, Spain
-
Turquoise waters of the Bahamas
-
Bran Castle in Bran, Brașov, Romania
-
International Dark Sky Week
-
Médoc, France
-
Rameshwaram harbour
-
Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
-
Clouds dance above Sundance
-
An indigo on a branch, Texas, USA
-
We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
-
Angkor, Cambodia
-
International Sloth Day
-
Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
-
Sequoias of the sea
-
‘The hills have a power to soothe and heal...’
-
Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
-
Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
-
Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, UK
-
Here we go!
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

