Why was it decided to give February just 28 days when lots of other months have 31 days?

Alligatorob said:
Here is one explanation:

Because Romans believed even numbers to be unlucky, each month had an odd number of days, which alternated between 29 and 31. But, in order to reach 355 days, one month had to be an even number. February was chosen to be the unlucky month with 28 days. https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-feb-28-days#:~:text=Because Romans believed even numbers,unlucky month with 28 days.

You can find other explanations on the internet, this one seemed as good as any.
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Why not throw February away altogether and give all the other11 months extra days? :unsure:The weather here in Feb. is usually the worst of the year and it's barely saved by Valentine's day.
 

Pepper said:
As for there being an unlucky amount of months, why not skip 13 and call the 13th month the 14th like they do with floors in my son's apartment building?
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In Calif, you could divide every year exactly in half and have two 6-month years; the year of the burn, and the year of the frost. Then give every month exactly 4 weeks, tack a bonus weekend on the end of each month, and make Christmas 3 days long.

Like @Alligatorob said - as good a plan as any.
 
Alligatorob said:
Here is one explanation:

Because Romans believed even numbers to be unlucky, each month had an odd number of days, which alternated between 29 and 31. But, in order to reach 355 days, one month had to be an even number. February was chosen to be the unlucky month with 28 days. https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-feb-28-days#:~:text=Because Romans believed even numbers,unlucky month with 28 days.

You can find other explanations on the internet, this one seemed as good as any.
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If even numbers were unlucky, how did April, June, September, and November get 30 days?
 
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chic said:
Why not throw February away altogether and give all the other11 months extra days? :unsure:The weather here in Feb. is usually the worst of the year and it's barely saved by Valentine's day.
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OK, keeping it light is not an option.

I was born in February and if February were to be deleted then retrospectively I would never have been born. I would disappear in a puff of smoke. :eek:
 
When I was teaching, I hated February. Lots of indoor recess due to inclement weather. Ugh! No three day weekends, Christmas break was a distant memory and Spring break seemed just as distant. It seemed much longer than a mere 28 days.

When I taught third grade, I encouraged the kids to learn this rhyme, and gave them a reward if they did.

Thirty days has September
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one
Except for February who’s underdone
At twenty-nine. Hold the line!
Leap year makes it twenty-nine.
 
"February 29 is a day that has a little bit of magic to it, if only because it's the one date on the calendar that won't show up next year. It's literally an extra day, a hiccup in the order of months, and that makes it feel like it comes with infinite possibilities. It's a day for something special, something unique, full of strange promises that show us that even the calendar isn't immutable and unchanging.
And that, more than anything else, is what makes it perfect for Superman's birthday."

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fuzzybuddy said:
chic is on to the answer. When they were selling months, all the other months sold well, except for Febuary. It was a lousy, cold, snowy month. So they shortened it and stuck an extra "R" into FebRuary, that nobody pronounces to increase sales. Yup.
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You're an angel @fuzzybuddy. You know that?

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