Did you know New Year's resolutions were a Protestant invention to promote remorse over "vice"? Up to 1950s, many people in English-majority nations tended to do resolutions about being better Christians. Other countries did not recognise NY resolutionshttps://othersociologist.com/2014/01/02/sociology-new-years-resolutions/ …
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This is fascinating. New Year’s resolutions sew very popular in the States, but I had never considered the Protestant angle. Thanks for sharing this!
They're big in Australia too! Today, mostly health related (give up smoking, diets).
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