Anyone remember when this time of the year was actually the beginning of the year?

[Dennis S]

School starting
Hunting season
Football starting
New cars
New TV season
Miss America

[hal]

School starting yes - the rest, no

[cbelt3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFwDEqLQ0bA

[neophyte]

Yes to all.

Also Rosh Hashanah, which starts the evening of the 24th this year.

[pdq]

Yeah, geez, I remember way back when I knew about (and breathlessly awaited) every new TV series each fall (or at least the cool ones, like Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, etc).

Now I expect five solid weekday evenings of unscripted "reality"/"competition" dreck year round.

Blech. The TV revolution can't come quick enough for me.

[hal]

pdq wrote: Now I expect five solid weekday evenings of unscripted "reality"/"competition" dreck year round.

That WAS the revolution... bummer, huh?

[Black]

Dennis S wrote:
School starting
Hunting season
Football starting
New cars
New TV season
Miss America

Orchestra rehearsals and the Chicago Symphony season start up for me in September, so in a way it still is. But yeah, I feel like I only vaguely remember the feeling of September being the start of the new year.

[hal]

...but STILL, when I look at the clock and see it's 2:12, a tiny part of me DEEP inside gets all excited that I'm about to be released from classes for the day. My high school day ended with PE and then I'd be on my way home and for me, PE was just play time.

[RAMd®d]

Ah yes, I remember it well.

[Racer X]

I remember when the new cars were debuted on December 26, not March or April 26th. :oldfogey: