ON THIS DAY in in 497 BC , the first Saturnalia festival is - TopicsExpress



          

ON THIS DAY in in 497 BC , the first Saturnalia festival is celebrated in ancient Rome. Traditions and customs from those days evolve into year-end holidays we observe in our own time. The Romans sacrificed goats in the Temple of Saturn, Scandinavians retain their ‘Yule Goat’ as a symbol of the season, Father Christmas arrives riding on the back of a goat as the Norse god Thor rides in a chariot pulled by two goats. Krampus, the evil side of holiday cheer, terrorizes little children into better behavior, and Christopher Hitchens speaks out for free thinking egalitarianism at bit.ly/1xras6A
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:43:53 +0000

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