13 The Reckoning of the Time before the Norman Conquest in 1066 and then between 1155 and 1752, reckoned the New Year as beginning on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation. Other Christian countries counted Christmas, December 25, as beginning the new year. And why not? For on that day when the angel appeared unto Mary, the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us; and on that day nine months later we first beheld his glory, as he lay wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. And so the revelers in Times Square have a pope to thank, if they only knew it. ••
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