[lace] Re: lBusy Lists

[Annette Gill]

<<One year we decided to celebrate Roman Saturnalia instead of 
Christmas. I did a lot of research on this but in the end, it was 
surprising how similar the Saturnalia was to Christmas. For instance, 
the giving of fruitcake is from Saturnalia and the wearing of peaked 
hats like Santa hats and the giving of presents. When my sister-in-law 
and her family arrived for just the dessert she inquired about why we 
were all wearing Santa hats and we had to tell her we were celebrating 
Saturnalia. I think appeared to be a non-sequitor to her.
Devon>>

How enterprising to celebrate Saturnalia!  Did you also include the 
drunkenness that seems to have been part of Saturnalia?

I'm always amazed when I read about the customs of Christmas as to how 
many of them pre-date Christmas.  Yule logs, evergreen decorations, 
gift-giving, holly, mistletoe, carol-singing, candles and so on were all 
pagan.

At least the ancient pagans can't claim to have invented lace Christmas 
decorations :)

Regards,
Annette, London
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