The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

On the other hand, in that same society sunset is when the workday ends, and surely an ending means a new beginning. Some groups made one decision and some the other. The Egyptians, for instance, began the day at sunrise, while the Hebrews began it at sunset. The latter state of affairs is reflected in the very first chapter of Genesis in which the days of creation are de scribed. In Genesis 1:5 it is written- "And the evening and the morning were the first day." Evening (that is, night) comes ahead of morning (that is, daytime) be cause the day starts at sunset. This arrangement is maintained in Judaism to this day, and Jewish holidays still begin "the evening before' " Christianity began as an offshoot of Judaism and remnants of this sunset beginning cling even now to some non Jewish holidays. The expression Christmas Eve, if taken literally, is the evening of December 25, but as we all know it really means the evening of'Dccember 24-which it would natu rally mean if Christmas began "the evening before" as a Jewish holiday would ...»