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She's right, of course. I'm surrounded by too many wannabe nouveau-Celts. The Celts also have a different concept of when a 'day' actually starts, if I recall correctly; the day ends and the next day begins at dusk, rather than at sunrise, or at midnight. So says Caeser: The Gauls claim all to be descended from Father Dis [a god of death, darkness and the underworld], declaring that this is the tradition preserved by the Druids. For this reason they measure periods of time not by days but by nights; and in celebrating birthdays, the first of the month, and new year’s day, they go on the principle that the day begins at night.