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Did the Romans invent Christmas?

  • Writer: archaeomuse
    archaeomuse
  • Nov 3, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Dec 21, 2020

Although Christmas is a religious festival, now. It is believed that many Christian traditions have their origins in the ancient Roman pagan festival ‘Saturnalia’, which was in honour of Saturn, the god of agriculture, and took place during the winter solstice!


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