The King's Port Inn would like to wish everybody a happy New Year! We hope you spend time with family and friends and enjoy yourselves. We hope you usher in the New Year with peace and security, with hope to the future. 2017 has been a crazy year, and we wish you the best in 2018!!
New Year's Day is probably the most celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight. One major tradition on New Year's Day is to make New Year's resolutions, that is, making commitments to improve your life and the life of others. It is also a good time to call family and friends.
Everything you do on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is freighted with significance for the future. The American custom is to spend the night with the one you love and kiss them at midnight. This ensures the relationship will flourish during the coming year.
New Year's Day is also considered a time of rebirth. Because of the Winter Solstice on December 21st, it marks the turning point of the year. The days between the Winter Solstice and the New Year were viewed as magical, luminous time period, when anything is possible. In England, the Twelve Days of Christmas were considered omen days which could be used to predict the weather in the coming year. In Scotland, no court had power during these days; and in Ireland, tradition held that if a person died during the Twelve Days, he or she went straight to Heaven.
In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is also named. As a date in the Gregorian calendar of Christendom, New Year's Day liturgically marked the Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, which still observed as such in the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church.
The King's Port Inn has availability for New Year's night. We have premium Queen rooms(2 Queens) for only $119.00 a night. Each room includes a free continental breakfast, free wi fi, and free parking. To make a reservation, please call 1-800-286-5767.
Have a Happy New Year!
The King's Port Inn
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Thursday, December 14, 2017
December Fun Facts!
The King's Port Inn would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season! This is a special time of year, and we hope you enjoy it with family and friends. The month of December is known for a time of celebrating religions and traditions around the world that have been with us for thousands of years. It is a time for us to be joyous and thankful for our blessings in our lives. We wanted to present some interesting and fun facts about the month of December:
1. An almanac prediction states that if snow falls on Christmas Day, Easter will be warm, green and sunny.
2. The name December comes from the Latin decem for "ten", as it was the 10th month in the Roman Calendar.
3. The term Yuletide comes from a Norse tradition of cutting and burning a tree to bring in the Winter Solstice. This was to last through 12 days-later known as the 12 days of Christmas.
4. Saint Nickolas, who would eventually be called Santa Claus, was originally the patron saint of children, thieves and pawnbrokers!
5. December 28th is considered by some to be the unluckiest day of the year.
6. The first artificial Christmas tree was made in Germany, fashioned out of goose feathers that are dyed green!
7. Spiders and spider webs are considered good luck on Christmas.
8. Common decorations on a Christmas tree each have their specific meanings. Candles-the light of the world, the Star at the top is a reminder of the first Christmas night and Candy canes are to represent the Shepherd's cane.
9. "Jingle Bells" was composed in 1857, and not for Christmas-it was meant to be a Thanksgiving song!
10. In 1647 Oliver Cromwell, English Puritan leader, banned the festivities of Christmas for being seen as immoral on such a holy day. Anyone who was seen celebrating was arrested! The ban was lifted in 1660.
We hope you enjoyed these fun facts! The King's Port Inn has availability for the month of December. We have premium King rooms for only $89 a night. Also, we have King Jacuzzi Suites for only $109 a night. Each room includes a free continental breakfast, free wi fi, and free parking. To make a reservation, please call us at 1-800-286-5767. We would be happy to hear from you!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The King's Port Inn
1. An almanac prediction states that if snow falls on Christmas Day, Easter will be warm, green and sunny.
2. The name December comes from the Latin decem for "ten", as it was the 10th month in the Roman Calendar.
3. The term Yuletide comes from a Norse tradition of cutting and burning a tree to bring in the Winter Solstice. This was to last through 12 days-later known as the 12 days of Christmas.
4. Saint Nickolas, who would eventually be called Santa Claus, was originally the patron saint of children, thieves and pawnbrokers!
5. December 28th is considered by some to be the unluckiest day of the year.
6. The first artificial Christmas tree was made in Germany, fashioned out of goose feathers that are dyed green!
7. Spiders and spider webs are considered good luck on Christmas.
8. Common decorations on a Christmas tree each have their specific meanings. Candles-the light of the world, the Star at the top is a reminder of the first Christmas night and Candy canes are to represent the Shepherd's cane.
9. "Jingle Bells" was composed in 1857, and not for Christmas-it was meant to be a Thanksgiving song!
10. In 1647 Oliver Cromwell, English Puritan leader, banned the festivities of Christmas for being seen as immoral on such a holy day. Anyone who was seen celebrating was arrested! The ban was lifted in 1660.
We hope you enjoyed these fun facts! The King's Port Inn has availability for the month of December. We have premium King rooms for only $89 a night. Also, we have King Jacuzzi Suites for only $109 a night. Each room includes a free continental breakfast, free wi fi, and free parking. To make a reservation, please call us at 1-800-286-5767. We would be happy to hear from you!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The King's Port Inn
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