c/historyillustrations · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yAncient Roman celebration of Saturnalia, a winter holiday based around revelry, cameraderie, and gift-giving 91 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
7 Comments
WHARRGARBL@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y
Trying to take the Christ out of Christmas in 497 BCE
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y
IO! Saturnalia!
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
Io Saturnalia to all my Comrades. Yes, that means you too.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Oh is that a thing? I hadn't heard.
Maybe you should post about it so more people know.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Romeposting is my escape from the horrors of this world, like socially obligated gatherings with family, let me have this
pimento64@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
No. We are going to eat this dinner as a family. Now, what kind of jobs do you have lined up? Because we're going to discuss your problems in excruciating detail. Why can't you be more like your sister??
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
More like "Time to sit here and listen to talk about how coal could power the whole country and how children aren't beaten enough anymore"