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Being an atheist I can still enjoy many festive occasions as an excuse to have a party with friends... so Happy Saturnalia - an ancient Roman festival in honor of the god Saturn, held on December 17 through to December 23. It is thought to be a forerunner of Christmas because the Romans used to give each other gifts, as well. The holiday was celebrated with a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: masters provided table service for their slaves as it was seen as a time of liberty for both slaves and freedmen alike. The reversal of order was to symbolize the social egalitarianism of the lost mythical Golden Age.

FrostyJim 8 Dec 20
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Lo! Saturnalia!!!

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chanukah starts at sundown tonight. i was unable to get an electric menorah and my late cat penny set herself on fire last year (she died of cancer this year, nothing to do with the fire, in which her fur was burned but not her skin or worse) so i am a bit candle-shy this year.

i intend to cook good yummies!

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I like that! Also, remember that today we are experiencing a solstice so happy winter solstice!

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I took it upon myself way back in the day to learn about the so called 'Pagan' festivities.
To be honest. They are/were so much more fun that the so called 'Christian' festivities, by far.
I'm not one, even though I've been a non-believer all of my life, of those that has to call foul, to any one saying 'merry Christmas' by any means. To be honest, I'm more of a , well, what ever excuse to party, I'm in kind of person. So I try to celebrate anything I can get my hands on. But I do have to admit to a guilty pleasure of posting pagan celebrations, to piss off the got my panties in a bunch fundamentalists with the full brunt of irony that most of them do not understand. 🙂 Happy Solstice, 🙂

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Absolutely! Any excuse for a fun, wild time... Carpe That Fucking Diem!

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I wouldn’t miss this sort of party for anything

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Let's bring back Saturnalia. Let's make it a thing.

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I don't believe in god myths but I do believe in having a good time! Happy Satvrnalia!

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Yeah good old Roman orgies. As Frank Booth said in the movie “ Blue Velvet”
Let’s fuck, I’ll fuck anything that moves— evil muther just like the romans

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I believe this tradition in on the rise in the UK as we seem to have already appointed a Lord of Misrule

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Well, I have no taboos about what I celebrate with friends. As an agnostic I have already been in Catholic weddings, a Celtic style wedding, a JW wedding, a few times celebrated Eid with Muslims... Never changed my mind about my beliefs.

Same spouse? LOL 🍀

@yvilletom, not really, I've been quite single so far!!! I've been to other people's weddings though... Lol!!!

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You could have posted this a bit earlier, now I have to run around like a madwoman getting food & decorations.......and sheets, apparently.....

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Long Live Paganism!

I still have a little bit of pagan in me. It's not leaving. The celebrations are fun.

@Freespirit64 are you pregnant? Overdo ?

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