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.
在冬至一周前，羅馬人開始慶祝農神節(jié)，縱酒狂歡，以紀念農業(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，包括耶穌圣誕節(jié)的圣誕柴，農神節(jié)的互贈禮物等，經過幾百年的發(fā)展，都逐漸交融在圣誕節(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，教堂成功地將農神節(jié)的歡樂、彩燈和禮物都轉移到基督教節(jié)日圣誕節(jié)。
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