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Christmas Festivals or other holiday events.
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I haven't had it for years, but I think this time I'm going to splurge on the blood sugar and get egg nog with brandy!
Well you could live across the street from This....
I'd like a bingo rules ruling on this...........clearly calling a bingo word and posting a disclaimer seems unbingo-like. For my next game....I'm going to post the entire call sheet and then in teeny tiny font say that there are no bingo calls in that post. UNFAIR!!!!!
Mabel....get the pitchforks.
This is a Neighborhood that has been doing this for 75 yrs, only walking tours. City does the large trees and homeowners do the rest
At old Tucson Studios
Christmas in Tombstone, AZ
Thanks for posting! Our tastes are similar. I hope to meet up someday, possibly at a future TSC meetup!
I feel like I am being Targeted. And I thought the mention of Mr. Bingle can get you tarred and feathered around here? To answer the question...parades these days in my neck of the woods can be a deadly affair. Sadly.
That's a shame.
io Saturnalia!
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman Festival that is the root of modern Christmas celebrations. We love celebrating this holiday as a lead-in to Christmas.
Saturnalia is a feast to honor the God Saturn, who is described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace.
Saturnalia's theme is "excess is the minimum". It's a time when class and rank structure is ignored or even reversed. Everyone rich or poor, slave or free was allowed to mingle, feast, and party as equals. Often times roles would be reversed and the rich would feed and serve the poor or enslaved. A King of Saturnalia would be elected from the lower class, and they would be allowed to give orders to anyone during the feast. The feasts were large public events and free for everyone, and libations flowed freely. Gambling, which was normally outlawed, was allowed in public during this time.
Gift giving was also a huge part of Saturnalia. Because expensive items are a sign of status, people usually exchanged small trinkets like hand-made wax or pottery figurines and toys. All items were received and welcomed regardless of their intrinsic value.
The greeting of io Saturnalia is a ritual exclamation used to celebrate, announce triumph, or punctuate a joke. It is pronounced either with two syllables (a short i and a long o) or simply as one syllable, pronounced yō. It's similar to shouting Huzzah at a renaissance festival or saying Merry Christmas to someone during the holiday season.
Saturnalia was originally held on December 17th. It was later extended to 3 days and then to 7 (ending on Dec 23). In the 4th century, Pope Julius I chose December 25 as the date to celebrate Christmas. This was the date of the Winter Solstice in the ancient Roman calendar, on which they celebrated the rebirth of the Sun God (Sol) or the first day of the new sun.... birth of the Sun God became the birth of God's Son, interesting right? Pope Julius I adopted many of Saturnalia's practices and customs for the new Christmas celebration.
We celebrate Saturnalia in our household by feasting, drinking, and giving small presents.
If you have made it this far I thank you for reading, but there are no Bingo calls here.
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman Festival that is the root of modern Christmas celebrations. We love celebrating this holiday as a lead-in to Christmas.
Saturnalia is a feast to honor the God Saturn, who is described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace.
Saturnalia's theme is "excess is the minimum". It's a time when class and rank structure is ignored or even reversed. Everyone rich or poor, slave or free was allowed to mingle, feast, and party as equals. Often times roles would be reversed and the rich would feed and serve the poor or enslaved. A King of Saturnalia would be elected from the lower class, and they would be allowed to give orders to anyone during the feast. The feasts were large public events and free for everyone, and libations flowed freely. Gambling, which was normally outlawed, was allowed in public during this time.
Gift giving was also a huge part of Saturnalia. Because expensive items are a sign of status, people usually exchanged small trinkets like hand-made wax or pottery figurines and toys. All items were received and welcomed regardless of their intrinsic value.
The greeting of io Saturnalia is a ritual exclamation used to celebrate, announce triumph, or punctuate a joke. It is pronounced either with two syllables (a short i and a long o) or simply as one syllable, pronounced yō. It's similar to shouting Huzzah at a renaissance festival or saying Merry Christmas to someone during the holiday season.
Saturnalia was originally held on December 17th. It was later extended to 3 days and then to 7 (ending on Dec 23). In the 4th century, Pope Julius I chose December 25 as the date to celebrate Christmas. This was the date of the Winter Solstice in the ancient Roman calendar, on which they celebrated the rebirth of the Sun God (Sol) or the first day of the new sun.... birth of the Sun God became the birth of God's Son, interesting right? Pope Julius I adopted many of Saturnalia's practices and customs for the new Christmas celebration.
We celebrate Saturnalia in our household by feasting, drinking, and giving small presents.
If you have made it this far I thank you for reading, but there are no Bingo calls here.