These integral aspects of Christmas are simply forgotten, or of no, or lesser import, to this little child from a middle-income family. Interestingly, the child did not mention Father Christmas, toys, nor going to church, nor gifts. The child responded “It is about Mummy rushing off to the mall to buy things to eat for Christmas, as Daddy likes to eat a lot of food”. In preparing for this publication, the author spoke to a Christian child of 6 years of age, as to what was Christmas all about and the response was quite surprising. This Festive season passes beyond Christmas to include the New Year and holiday associated with it in the Gregorian Calendar. In the present era, the equivalent of Saturnalia is the Festive Season, which commences 12 days before Christmas as traditionally celebrated and observed as the date of irth of Jesus Christ in a manger by the majority of Christians, worldwide. Some adolescents responded that Saturnalia is the best horror game for Halloween for 2022, while others thought it was the name of one of the 53 moons of the planet Saturn, in the galaxy. The author has enquired from his friends as to what is “Saturnalia” and as expected, most of them had absolutely no idea of what it is. In ancient Rome this period was called Saturnalia, marked by the Feast of Saturnalia, typified by frivolity, immorality, drunken debauchery and paganistic customs, as well as behavioral patterns, which would be shunned upon, in the present day code of conduct, ethics and standards of morality, although these are often violated in office parties, where liquor flows freely and disinhibited behaviour of all humanoid participants, is the norm. The history of this period dates back to antiquity and its basis is deeply entrenched in paganism, mystics and the practice of shamanism, leading to the emergence of one central character, Santa Claus, the benevolent, portulent and happy savior of humankind, the inimitable Santa Claus, as we all have come to know him, from childhood, traditionally dressed in red, representing happiness, goodness, hope and charity, with an aura of giving. This generates a feeling of anticipation and looking expectantly to new beginnings, in all of biological types of flora and fauna, including humanoids. This paper landscapes the socio-anthropological evolution of the Festive Season, usually associated with the date of 25 th December in the Gregorian calendar, in the 21 st century, from the time of ancient pagan customs celebrating the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, observed on 22 nd December, characterised by equal day and night, bringing hope to the cold, darkened countries in the upper latitudes, that the days will be progressively getting longer and the nights shorter, based on astronomical knowledge. Seneca complains that the “whole mob has let itself go in pleasures” The Joyous Festivities During the Feast of Saturnalia Alberto Portugheis on Ambiguous Geopolitical Fault Lines Endanger World Peace.rosemerry on Benjamin Ferencz, Champion of World Law, Leaves a Strong Heritage on Which to Build. rosemerry on Finland’s NATO Move Leaves Others to Carry On the “Helsinki Spirit”.KUDANKULAM ANTI-NUCLEAR SATYAGRAHA, INDIA.ASIA-UPDATES ON MYANMAR ROHINGYA GENOCIDE.Activism Africa Airborne contagion Anglo America Assange Biden Big Brother Biography Brazil BRICS Capitalism Casino Capitalism Catastrophe Capitalism China Climate Change Community Conflict Conspiracy Theories Coronavirus Corruption COVID-19 Cuba Cultural violence Democracy Development Direct violence Disaster Capitalism Eastern Europe Economics Economy Ecuador Elites Environment Europe European Union Fatah Finance Food for thought - Editorial cartoon Gaza Genocide Geopolitics Global warming Greed Hamas Health Hegemony History Human Rights ICC Imperialism India Indigenous Rights Inequality Inspirational International Relations Invasion Israel Joke Journalism Justice Latin America Caribbean Literature Lockdown Media MENA Military Military Industrial Complex Military Industrial Media Complex Military Intervention Military Supremacy Music Video Nakba NATO Nonviolence Nuclear war Nuclear Weapons Occupation Oslo Accords Palestine Palestine/Israel Pandemic PCR Tests Peace Pentagon Poetry Politics Power Predatory Capitalism Profits Proxy War Public Health Putin Racism Religion Research Russia Science Science and Medicine Settlers Social justice Solutions Spirituality State Terrorism Structural violence Super rich Surveillance Sweden Torture Trump UK Ukraine UN United Nations USA US empire US Military Vaccines Violence Violent conflict War War Economy Warfare War on Terror West West Bank Whistleblowing WHO WikiLeaks World Zionism
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