nev, 2 months ago Happy New Year! It's the anniversary of the destruction of the One Ring and the fall of Sauron, and thenceforth is celebrated as the New Year in western Middle-earth. Relive the day in my real-time LotR thread: https://bananachips.club/@nev/105951061412685611 (note: you'll have to put it in your mastodon client's search bar, just clicking on it won't work) In real life, it's Lady Day, the anniversary of the Annunciation; in England this was New Year's Day from the Middle Ages until well into the eighteenth century. (More here: https://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/celebrating-the-new-year-medieval-style/)
Happy New Year! It's the anniversary of the destruction of the One Ring and the fall of Sauron, and thenceforth is celebrated as the New Year in western Middle-earth.
Relive the day in my real-time LotR thread: https://bananachips.club/@nev/105951061412685611 (note: you'll have to put it in your mastodon client's search bar, just clicking on it won't work)
In real life, it's Lady Day, the anniversary of the Annunciation; in England this was New Year's Day from the Middle Ages until well into the eighteenth century. (More here: https://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/celebrating-the-new-year-medieval-style/)
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