http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/31/celebrating-the-new-year-medieval-style/
Check out the new years celebrations in the medieval world at the above link. The New Year wasn't always January 1. In fact, in my notarial documents in Sicily, the official beginning of the year was March 1. There were also other kinds of dating, especially regnal years when kings began their reigns, which were put in notarial records as well.
In Book #3 - The Leopard Triumphant, we talk about people drinking watered wine, which theoretically prevented people from being too drunk as the wine was usually drunk within the first year. It was only in the next century that medieval people figured out how to age wine.
It's good to live in the 21st century, yes?!!
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