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Originally Posted by Anders
(A Nordlond New Year begins the day after the Yule-Goat is burned and released).
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As a note, the New Year is in March, on the spring equinox.
Hall of Judgment, p. 10:
Equinox Festival (March). The equinox festival
marks the beginning of the Noršlond year, and the
long-anticipated (long, long anticipated in Isfjall) end
of winter. It is marked by religious celebrations and
the sacrifice of small amounts of seed grains to mark
the beginning of new things. Any children born in the
winter are recognized and celebrated at the Equinox.
If you come across a child named Byrjun, Jólabarn,
Borgny, or Dagne, they were probably born near the
equinox (likely a result of activities during the Solstice
Festival in midsummer).