Stories 1 - 10 for Saturnalia

... children's writer Caroline Lawrence travels back to pre-Christmas times for this costumed talk about the raucous Ancient Roman equivalent Saturnalia. ...

The Roman's celebrated their god Saturn with the Saturnalia festival from mid-December until January 1st. The Saturnalia celebration included big festive ...

Once again we're getting flyers at our door using the word "holiday" rather than "Christmas" to advertise their products. Don't the merchants realize this ...

The ancient Romans had the feast of Saturnalia, reveling in honor of Saturn, the most forbidding of their gods. Tree-worshipping Druids had their own ...

Cllr Thomas said: " As well as having the opportunity to explore the mysteries of Roman Saturnalia, meet the curators and handle Victorian toys from the ...

It is an established fact that Christ's birthday was placed over the pagan celebration of Saturnalia, and Easter was to take the place of the maple syrup ...

Maybe so, since baby Joshua (the one Christians call “Jesus”) wasn't born in the dead of winter during the Roman festival of saturnalia, time for good, ...

As far back as Roman times, holly, ivy, and mistletoe and other greenery were brought indoors to decorate during the feast of Saturnalia, the midwinter ...