The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 202
not the day after all. It is said thatthis date was originally celebratedat Rome because a heathen festivalcalled the Saturnalia had been heldat that time, and so the commonpeople would not have to changetheir time of revelry. During themiddle ages Christmas was cele-brated by the performance of… … The Star-bearer, Mary and Joseph, and the Angel. tions show the costumes of some ofthe characters. The festival wasalso the time for singing, dancing,and all kinds of revels. Feasts ofFools and Asses, as they werecalled, were held, in which every-thing serious was burlesqued. Thesewere sometimes…
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