My 10 foot pole? lol just messing with you, +1 for the laugh.

I'm in!

January is the current month! Also, the first girl I fell in love with was born in January. Also, it will no longer be January next month!

Tuesday-BUMP

You're welcome xieliming. Good luck.

I'm in.
Something about January, let's see... It only became the first month of the year circa 450BC: before that, March marked the new year.

Thanks for your generosity, both DeMignon and jjsimp!

Please, count me in.

As for your question:

"The early Roman calendar consisted of 10 months and 304 days, with each new year beginning at the vernal equinox; according to tradition, it was created by Romulus, the founder of Rome, in the eighth century B.C. A later king, Numa Pompilius, is credited with adding the months of Januarius and Februarius. Over the centuries, the calendar fell out of sync with the sun, and in 46 B.C. the emperor Julius Caesar decided to solve the problem by consulting with the most prominent astronomers and mathematicians of his time. He introduced the Julian calendar, which closely resembles the more modern Gregorian calendar that most countries around the world use today."

"As part of his reform, Caesar instituted January 1 as the first day of the year, partly to honor the month’s namesake: Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, whose two faces allowed him to look back into the past and forward into the future. Romans celebrated by offering sacrifices to Janus, exchanging gifts with one another, decorating their homes with laurel branches and attending raucous parties. In medieval Europe, Christian leaders temporarily replaced January 1 as the first of the year with days carrying more religious significance, such as December 25 (the anniversary of Jesus’ birth) and March 25 (the Feast of the Annunciation); Pope Gregory XIII reestablished January 1 as New Year’s Day in 1582."

Thanks DeMignon and jjsimp! I'm in for Enclave.

In January 24, in my country, Bolivia, we celebrate "La Feria de las Alasitas", in honor of a aymara deity called Ekeko (god of wealth). We buy miniatures of all kind of things (money, houses, cars, etc, etc, etc) in order to receive it from Ekeko in the, we hope, not so far future.

Here's a link with in deep info about it (in spanish):
http://www.bolivian.com/alasita99/alacita.html

Some photos:

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thanks DeMignon + jjsimp

im in

share something you know about January, no matter what:
January has 7 letters, and spelled backwards is Yraunaj.

thanks for a giveaway!
+1

Thanks to both of you
I am in
January...that means 6 months till the summer sales starts
(OMG, 11 1/2 months till winter sales)
As a kid I hated it, cause school started again and it was cold.
As a teen I hated it, cause despite massive hangover school started and it was cold.
As an adault I hate it, cause it takes ages to peel the girls of all the closes they wear because it is cold.

Thanks to both of you! I would like to enter.

Something about January... According to this: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/06/winter-kills-excess-deaths-in-the-winter-months/ more people die in January than any other month. Suicide rates are also higher in the winter months. Additionally, it's one of the most dangerous months for children walking on the streets as it is more often dark (the days are shorter) and drivers don't see the children. However, fewer deaths occurred in January 2010 resulting from auto accidents than any other month except February (table at bottom - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year).

I hope I can still be in and +1 for you.

Fact about January:

Well, don't really know much but if you are Catholic, on January 6th, it is considered to be the day Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthasar arrived to see Jesus. Of course, if you have researched history, you will know that Jesus was not really born on December 25th, so the they wouldn't have arrived on January 6th.

Looks like everybody is in.
If not, hurry up, I'll close and draw this in a few hours!

Ops, I missed this one. Thanks to both DeMignon and jjsimp.

I am in for <span class="bold">Novotnus</span>.

January and October usually begin on the same day of the week. This doesn't happen on leap years.