« // »

The Feast of Saturnalia

Posted on December 22nd, 2010 by steve

‘Saturnalia became one of the most popular Roman festivals. It was marked by drunken orgies, tomfoolery and reversal of social roles’ -Wiki

Saturnalia was the already-established Roman holiday which seemed to be the best choice for celebrating Christmas. Since no one knew exactly when Christ was born, Saturnalia fit the bill.

Article here. More here. Hippie pagan comic strip video here.

Illustration by Paul Bommer.

Found via Jeanne Mehallo

tags: education // 5 comments  . . .   

5 Responses to “The Feast of Saturnalia”

  1. cnet review of garmin 1490t // Jul 21, 2011 at 12:41 am

    Garmin Nuvi 1490t…

    […]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[…]…

  2. k cups best price // Jul 21, 2011 at 6:16 am

    Related……

    […]just beneath, are numerous totally not related sites to ours, however, they are surely worth going over[…]……

  3. Luxuryhandbagsonsale // Jul 21, 2011 at 6:36 am

    best post…

    I like the helpful info you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your weblog and check again here regularly. I am quite certain I’ll learn plenty of new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!…

  4. Sites We Like // Jul 21, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    Featured…

    …These are some featured websites that we choose to honor with a link back to their site……

  5. Great Wolf Lodge Coupons // Jul 21, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Travel Offers…

    […]all of these websites may possibly not really be absolutely relevant to our site however we surely believe that you should really visit all of them[…]…

« // »

Creative Commons License

the work at the mehallo blog. beta. is licensed under a creative commons attribution - noncommercial - no derivative works 3.0 united states license.  if reposting, credit must be given to steve mehallo - and if possible, please provide a link back to the mehallo blog. beta.

i include images for the purpose of critique, review, promotion and inspiration - and always make my best effort give credit/link back to the original source.  if i’ve screwed up, please fire me a note.

page layout based on the wordpress 'darkwater theme' by antbag, adapted and redesigned by mehallo.  valuable php assistance from bill mead.