# Saturnalia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturnalia/17065>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 22, 1999, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturnalia/17065 "1999-12-22T20:52:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/5daacb/32.png) [@333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/333)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturnalia/17065/1 "1999-12-22T20:52:00Z")

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My friend meantioned he saw something about Saturnalia here…I searched the archives etc. and I havnt found anything.

Thank You…

ChORONOS.

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**Author:** ![dlv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dlv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlv)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturnalia/17065/2 "1999-12-23T02:45:00Z")

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Saturnalia were the pagan Roman holidays held around the winter solistice time.

Other December holidays:

Pagan Scandinavians: feast of Frost King

Egypt: Horus festival

Druids: mistletoe-curring ceremony

Mithraists: feast of Sol Invictus

Hundus: Diwali and Taipongal

**Happy holidays, all!**

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturnalia/17065/3 "1999-12-23T05:19:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001643.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001643.html)

[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004303.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004303.html)

[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/003038.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/003038.html)

[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004005.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004005.html)

[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004279.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/004279.html)

[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000330.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000330.html)

[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000719.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000719.html)

The Saturnalia does get mentioned here from time to time. (Only the first link provides any serious information.)  
_ **The search engine works!!!** _

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Tom~

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**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturnalia/17065/4 "1999-12-24T06:03:00Z")

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Only occasionally Tom, but hey, it’s free.