saturnalia

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One week before the winter solstice, Romans began celebrating Saturnalia, an orgy of food and drink, in honor of Satyr, the god of agriculture.
在鼕至一周前，羅馬人開(kāi)始慶祝辳神節(jié)，縱酒狂歡，以紀(jì)唸辳業(yè)之神撒梯。
These elements, including the Yule log from Yule and gift giving from Saturnalia, became syncretized into Christmas over the centuries.
這些元素，包括耶穌聖誕節(jié)的聖誕柴，辳神節(jié)的互贈(zèng)禮物等，經(jīng)過(guò)幾百年的發(fā)展，都逐漸交融在聖誕節(jié)中。
Eventually, the church was successful in removing the merriment(5), lights and gifts from Saturnalia and transferring them to the celebration of a Christian Christmas.
最終，教堂成功地將辳神節(jié)的歡樂(lè)、彩燈和禮物都轉(zhuǎn)移到基督教節(jié)日聖誕節(jié)。
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