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« on: November 29, 2005, 12:42:11 pm »
It's a fact that New Year's day is exactly 7 days after Christmas.  However, in 1939, the year of the outbreak of World War II, Christmas fell on a Monday and New Year's fell on a Sunday.  Why?

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Re: Christmas
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2005, 01:37:51 pm »
Is it something to do with the national date line?  :\

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Re: Christmas
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2005, 02:04:22 pm »
Nope.

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Re: Christmas
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2005, 05:39:40 pm »
Because New Years is January 1st, not December 32nd.

(New Years: 1/1/1939
Christmas: 12/25/1939)

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Re: Christmas
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2005, 06:39:13 pm »
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Re: Christmas
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2005, 08:10:35 pm »
Because New Years is January 1st, not December 32nd.

(New Years: 1/1/1939
Christmas: 12/25/1939)

I think you might know the answer, but can you explain it better?

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Re: Christmas
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2005, 08:25:41 pm »
Because New Years is January 1st, not December 32nd.

(New Years: 1/1/1939
Christmas: 12/25/1939)

I think you might know the answer, but can you explain it better?

New Years was still 7 days after Christmas, only it was 1/1/1940. Since the riddle pertains to 1939, the date thing was able to happen since New Years was on 1/1/1939. The question is trying to trick you into counting ahead (and giving you December 32nd, which doesn't exist) instead of thinking about New Years occuring at the beginning of the year.

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Re: Christmas
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2005, 08:29:17 pm »
Ok, yeah, you have it. 

New Years isn't' 7 days after christmas, it's about 358 (on non-leap years) days before it :)