During the dark days of December, in many schools throughout the Main Line, students will be heard exclaiming the celebratory “IO SATURNALIA!,” a clarion call throughout the centuries of the Roman ...

Every year around this time, there’s an effort by some Christians to remind people that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” But Christmas, in fact, has several pagan predecessors, as The Baltimore ...

Saturnalia turned Roman society upside down. This chaotic celebration laid the groundwork for the modern holiday season ...

You know the bumper sticker, of course. Around 350 A.D., you might have seen it on any passing chariot. Or plastered on the back of an ox cart. And if it wasn't, it should have been. Time to take a ...

FLAMING torches will be carried through the centre of York by Roman legionnaires to celebrate the ancient festival of Saturnalia. The striking spectacle will be led by Maximus Gluteus from the city's ...

Without a doubt, Christmas is a Christian holiday deeply influenced by ancient Jewish culture and prophecy. Occurring within the Roman Empire, and coinciding with the Roman Saturnalia, such ...

Today is Saturnalia, an ancient Roman holiday with a long tradition here at the Volokh Conspiracy. Perhaps it's only a tradition in so far as I have put up a post about it every December 17 for the ...

The hustle and bustle of the holidays can make the season feel like a three-ring circus, even for people who don’t identify with any particular religious tradition. San Francisco’s Bow & Arrow Circus ...

I don’t know too much about old Roman holidays. I am, however, more than happy to learn. It seems like Saturnalia is a festival that served like a proto version of Christmas. It’s also the festival ...

During the dark days of December, in many schools throughout the Main Line, students will be heard exclaiming the celebratory “IO SATURNALIA!,” a clarion call throughout the centuries of the Roman ...