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[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Fear of the natural based moon calender. Based on the damnation of older cultures by the Catholic church.

The church also closed off ancient holy sites, or build churches on top of them.
They could not remove the solstice, so we got Christmas instead. And Easter to replace the spring festivities.

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I like all the primes. Even every new one i discover. 13 is a lucky number in Chinese culture. And since it is of the form 4k + 1 it will stay special for me no matter what.