| Impress the girls and KNOW YOUR CALENDAR FACTS Origins of the names of the months:
January: Janus, Roman god of doors, beginnings, sunset and sunrise, had one face looking forward and one backward February: On February 15 the Romans celebrated the festival of forgiveness for sins; (februare, Latin to purify), March: Mars, the Roman god of war, April: Roman month Aprilis, perhaps derived from aperire, (Latin to open, as in opening buds and blossoms) |