No - in what's now Europe, Scandinavia and the British Isles, the New Year began on the second full moon past the Autumn Equinox - which puts it at what we would call Halloween.
They used that time of year because the harvest was done, the old year was ended, and you had to stay in for the winter.
Pagans celebrated New Years on 3/21 for thousands of years before it was moved to 1/1
No - in what's now Europe, Scandinavia and the British Isles, the New Year began on the second full moon past the Autumn Equinox - which puts it at what we would call Halloween.
They used that time of year because the harvest was done, the old year was ended, and you had to stay in for the winter.