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For years (nearly 25 years in fact) we have had the "Teddy Bear Calendar" from Workman Publishing in our kitchen. It featured photos of antique and modern handmade teddy bears, costumed and in settings, with props. It's just one of our traditional amusements here.

Last year was the 25th anniversary of the calendar, with much hoopla. This year, Workman dropped it. There are other calendars with teddy bears, of course, but none are the same. After hunting through the options available, I realized that Gary has been saving them every year, and we have the complete run or nearly so. Checking a perpetual calendar, I find that in 2001 the days of the week matched up exactly to those for 2007. The lunar phases were different, but as it happens, this particular calendar doesn't show the moon phases. So I pulled out the 2001 calendar, dusted it off, and hung it back up in the kitchen. Easter and Ash Wednesday will no doubt be wrong, and perhaps some other foreign or religious holidays, but everything else should still come up correctly I think. We'll see.

Just out of curiosity, I looked for the most recent year in which both the weekdays and the phases of the moon would match up. It looks as if that would have been 1855. I don't think we have one of those lying around, but it would be fun to put it up if we did.

Date: 2007-01-01 10:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] farhoug.livejournal.com
Strangely I didn't get any mailed calendars this year, usually there's always two or three around that various businesses send to their customers. I guess it's time to make my own then. =)

Hmm, I do have an 1878 almanac, but I guess that's not even close with the dates... =)
Though, it's printed in blackletter, making it a bit tricky to read at first, and I'm not sure I want to know all the birthdays of the Russian royalty either...

Date: 2007-01-01 10:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] altivo.livejournal.com
Oh, I don't know. All those Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses might be sort of quaintly amusing.

We get lots of calendars in the mail from places that want us to donate money to this or that cause. Most don't have photos that I find appealing, though. Our feed store gives us one every year with animal pictures and we hang that in the barn. Gary writes notes on it, like how many eggs there were each day and when the horses were groomed or got new bedding.

Date: 2007-01-02 02:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cabcat.livejournal.com
New reusable calenders :) It has no days on it XD

I didn't get any calenders either o.O

Date: 2007-01-02 12:02 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] altivo.livejournal.com
Actually, there's a calendar reform that was proposed many years ago. Since 364 days is evenly divisible by 7, you choose one day of the year and declare that it has no day of the week. So the day before is say, a Saturday, and the day after is a Sunday. Usually it's suggested that New Year's eve be that special day. Then the calendar would be the same every year, at least in terms of days of the week vs. days of the month. It would be arranged so that there are no Friday the 13ths. And I think my birthday would always be Wednesday (ugh.) When leap year comes, February 29th (or whenever we inserted the extra day, perhaps at midsummer) that day would also have no day of the week so as to avoid unbalancing things.

Moon phases would still shift from year to year, of course, but the basic arrangement of days, including fixed holidays, would always be the same. I think the idea has a lot of merit. Easter would still shift around with the moon, I suppose, as would the Jewish and Islamic feasts and fasts.

Of course, like switching QWERTY keyboards to Dvorak, it will never really happen.

Date: 2007-01-02 04:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] songdogmi.livejournal.com
That's too bad about the teddy bear calendar. You'd think that if it had been around for 25 years, it was because it sold well enough and was worth keeping. So you'll show them and re-use the old ones bwahahahahahaa! Good for you.

Date: 2007-01-02 09:00 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] altivo.livejournal.com
Yep. And they discontinued another favorite of mine, the "Stallions" calendar. It was a charity fund raiser for equine humane services, and featured one handsome stallion and one studly rider (usually bare chested) on each month. ;p

I have to look and see if I still have the 2001 version of that one.

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