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ThalesBakunin t1_iyiaomb wrote

Reply to comment by CanterburyTerrier in Why “the Christmas feeling” is more profound than you think - some holiday themed philosophy by Melodic_Antelope6490

Thanks for the recommendation of literature. I love that kind of stuff as I'm a bit of an anthropology/history buff.

In my house we wish each other happy Saturnalia.

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CanterburyTerrier t1_iyic2p2 wrote

You'd love the Christmas Revels album. "The boars head in hand bear I, bedecked with sage and rosemary!"

The book goes into a lot of class warfare and how Christmas was traditionally a time when peasants would remind land holders of their tenuous hold on power.

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