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January is named after Janus, the Roman god of doorways and of beginnings and endings.

He is represented with a two sided head, one looking ahead and the other always looking behind. He symbolically represented that Rome was the first real civilization, looking back at those primitive cultures before them. Some Roman coins showed him with and without beards, even occasionally with four heads.

Pictures of him often look like an optical illusion, like the elephant drawn below...well kind of.


 

SaturnJanus is also one of Saturn's moons. It is way too small to see in the picture below, so we ask that you take our word for it.

Holidays in January:
  • New Year's Day - January 1st
  • Martin Luther King Day in the United States - 3rd Monday
  • Australia Day in Australia - January 26

Here are some interesting facts you might not know about the first month:

  • January in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to July in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
  • January 1st, 1776, the firstAmerican flag, the "Grand Union" was presented. Betsy Ross later added the stars in place of the Union Jack.
  • Leap years exempted, January always begins on the same day as October.
  • In leap years, January always begins on the same day as April and July.
  • January's birthstone is garnet.
  • January's flower is the carnation or snowdrop.
  • The Chinese floral emblem of January is the plum blossom
  • January is National Soup Month in the United States.

MORNING PRAYER: 
"Lord, so far today I've not been grumpy, selfish, greedy, envious, proud, or angry. I'm really grateful for that.
But in a few minutes, I'm going to get up out of bed and from then on, I'll probably need a lot more help."

Birthstone: Garnet
Flower: Carnation
 
 



 

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