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  2. Saturnalia - Wikipedia

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    Saturnalia is an ancient Roman ... Tertullian had berated Christians for continuing to celebrate the pagan Saturnalia ... [112] Likewise, Saturnalia and Christmas ...

  3. Yule - Wikipedia

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    The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...

  4. 10 old-school Christmas traditions that are no longer practiced

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    Yule logs. Crackling fireplaces are common themes in Christmas imagery. The symbolism of the roaring fire traces back to the yule log ritual, which originated from a pagan practice predating ...

  5. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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    “Due to the enduring influence of pagan traditions, Christmas celebrations in Belarus blend Christian customs with elements of folk rituals,” the national tourism agency says, noting that most ...

  6. Lord of Misrule - Wikipedia

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    [1] [6] This hypothesis has been heavily criticized by William Warde Fowler and as such, the Christmas custom of the Lord of Misrule during the Christian era and the Saturnalian custom of antiquity may have completely separate origins; [6] the two separate customs, however, can be compared and contrasted.

  7. Chester: The city which still celebrates Saturnalia - AOL

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    Christmas in Chester means a celebration of more than one set of 2,000-year-old traditions. Chester: The city which still celebrates Saturnalia Skip to main content

  8. Roman festivals - Wikipedia

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    The Sigillaria attached to the Saturnalia may have been a mercatus in this sense. Surviving fasti [27] record Mercatus Apollinares, July 14–19; Mercatus Romani, September 20–23; and Mercatus Plebeii, November 18–20. Others may have existed. The English word "fair" derives from Latin feria. [28]

  9. Mōdraniht - Wikipedia

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    Mōdraniht or Modranicht (pronounced [ˈmoːdrɑniçt]; Old English for "Night of the Mothers" or "Mothers' Night") was an event held at what is now Christmas Eve by Anglo-Saxon pagans. The event is solely attested by the medieval English historian Bede in his eighth-century Latin work De temporum ratione. It has been suggested that sacrifices ...