<OT> Merry Christmas

[Jorge Almeida]

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, David A. Bandel wrote:
> 
> Saturnalia is the original Roman festival that started modern day Xmas
> (at least some of the traditions). Before Christ was born (and even
> after) the Romans danced in the streets with packages wrapped in
> brightly colored paper (presents) and gave them away.
> 

If memory doesn't fail, the Saturnalia were related with Saturn and gave
way to Carnival, not Christmas. On December they celebrated the Sol
Invictus (meaning the Invincible Sun). Of course I may be wrong, more
than two thousand years have passed and my memory is not what it used to
be.
Happy Solis Invicti day.
-- 
Jorge Almeida