saturnalia

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We threw strange parties: a garden party with a “make your own hat” bar, a dinner party full of spontaneous performance art and a birthday party called Lord Pontchartrain’s Cosmic Saturnalia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

Ancient Romans celebrated the winter solstice with Saturnalia, a seven-day festival that involved giving presents, decorating houses with plants, and lighting candles.

From National Geographic • Dec. 19, 2023

"Soldiers here in Chester would likely have honoured the Saturnalia and particularly welcomed the fact that it would have afforded them some days off," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023

A Roman gift guide for the celebration of Saturnalia by the first-century poet Martial included several texts on parchment, including works by Virgil and Cicero and Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2022

In memory of the Golden Age, when he reigned in Italy, the great feast of the Saturnalia was held every year during the winter.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton