New Year’s Day: What’s the big deal?

Well, the new year is upon us, and I am going to have to remember the write "/11" on all my checks and forms, now. Shouldn't take too long.Is anything else changed? I know that, as a culture/society (in others words, Western Culture), we look at the changing of the calendar year, in December, as a momentous event. However, is it, really?I know that people make "Resolutions" in order to make the