Show A Period of 01 Good Will Christmas as a period of good will rejoicing and the Interchange of ot presents pres eats ent Is la readily traced to the Roman noman Saturnalia which was celebrated at about the same relative time of ot the year as Is our modern Christmas During the Saturnalia there was universal universal uni uni- versal mirth friends feasted together and exchanged presents gifts were made to the poor no war was declared declared de de- Glared no capital executions were permitted to take place and even the slaves were granted the right to speak althou although h usually speech was denied them George Georgo George Newell Moran |