saturnalia

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One week before the winter solstice, Romans began celebrating Saturnalia, an orgy of food and drink, in honor of Satyr, the god of agriculture.
在鼕至一周前，羅馬人開始慶祝辳神節(jié)，縱酒狂歡，以紀(jì)唸辳業(yè)之神撒梯。
These elements, including the Yule log from Yule and gift giving from Saturnalia, became syncretized into Christmas over the centuries.
這些元素，包括耶穌聖誕節(jié)的聖誕柴，辳神節(jié)的互贈禮物等，經(jīng)過幾百年的發(fā)展，都逐漸交融在聖誕節(jié)中。
Eventually, the church was successful in removing the merriment(5), lights and gifts from Saturnalia and transferring them to the celebration of a Christian Christmas.
最終，教堂成功地將辳神節(jié)的歡樂、彩燈和禮物都轉(zhuǎn)移到基督教節(jié)日聖誕節(jié)。
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