Why Is December the 12th Month of the Year?

Day 83 of My Italian Learning Journal*

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Today is the first day of December and I was wondering (now that I know a little Italian) why is December the 12th month of the year and not the 10th. So it was time for a mini-history lesson. I found some information at timeanddate.com. This is a good subject for my practice Italian script for this post. As usual, corrections to my Italian sentences are welcome -- that's one of the reasons I established this blog.

Ascolta Questo:

• Dicembre era originalmente l'ultimo mese del calendario romano.
  December was originally the last month of the Roman calendar.

• Mesi non sono stati assegnati al periodo invernale.
  Months were not assigned to the winter period.

• I nomi dei mesi erano marzo, aprile, maggio, giugno, luglio, agosto, settembre, novembre e dicembre.
  The names of the months were March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November and December.

• Nel calendario gregoriano, dicembre è il dodicesimo e ultimo mese.
  In the Gregorian calendar, December is the twelfth and last month.

Alla prossima!

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*Note: This is my personal journal of daily practice in learning Italian. I welcome Italian grammar corrections. Grazie.