Myton Free Press | 1917-12-20 | Page 12 | Forerunner of Christmas |

Type	issue
Date	1917-12-20
Paper	Myton Free Press
Language	eng
City	Myton
County	Duchesne
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Forerunner of Christmas
Type	article
Date	1917-12-20
Paper	Myton Free Press
Language	eng
City	Myton
County	Duchesne
Page	12
OCR Text	Show .' Forerunner of Christmas. The spirit of merrymaking that marks our Christmas holidays had its origin with the Roman feast called the Saturnalia. This was a festival in honor of Saturn, father of the gods. It lasted for a week or two, beginning about the 10th of December, and was the occasion for great revelry among all clashes. Nn business was transacted transact-ed during this period, war was suspended, sus-pended, private feuds were forgotten or forgiven, and general good fellowship fellow-ship reigned supreme. Friends exchanged ex-changed presents with one another, and the slaves were waited upon by their masters and mistresses.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60w2dqm/5214706