Circumcision Style Dating

[+ Avalon]

The thread on circumcision reminded me of this. Before the Gregorian Calendar Reform which set the beginning of the year on 1 January there were different dates that different places began their year.

 

Like in Florence it began on 25 March "Lady Day". The Feast of the Annunciation nine months before Christmas. That was called "Lady Day Style Dating".

 

But some places already used 1 January as the beginning of the year. That date is the Octave of Christmas and the Feast of the Circumcision and thus called "Circumcision Style Dating".

[bostonman]

Lady Day Style Dating is when it Ain't Nobody's Business who your date is.

 

Circumcision Style Dating is when your partner is a real cut-up.

 

The first two notes of "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire" is the Octave Of Christmas.

 

The earliest Christians (who were Jews, of course) gave up on circumcision because they found that the Gentiles they were trying to convert were just a teeny little bit squeamish about the ritual - so they came up with the idea that you didn't have to convert to Judaism to then become Christian. In lieu of self-mutilation, they had to agree to eat fish on Fridays.

[bnm73]

In lieu of self-mutilation, they had to agree to eat fish on Fridays.

 

Which gave rise to the popularity of cunnilingus...

 

*hide*

[bostonman]

Which gave rise to the popularity of cunnilingus...

 

I always figured that went back to Adam eating of the forbidden fruit...

[Guy Fawkes]

But little did they know that the forbidden fruit was Steve!

I always figured that went back to Adam eating of the forbidden fruit...

[bostonman]

But little did they know that the forbidden fruit was Steve!

 

...which gave us the Feast Of Stephen.