It is december, which made me think about Roman Holidays. I learned in class that the Roman equivalent of Christmas is Saturnalia. Saturnalia is the feast of Saturn and the Pope moved Jesus's birthday to around that time to try to cover up the pagans. There were many equivalents to Christmas, as they had big dinners with family and wore green and gold. This probably influenced the normal Christmas green and red. We sure do experience Latin everyday.
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