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Saturnalia (Saturnalia)

Saturnalia was a December festival of Saturn. Households gave gifts, played games, and shared a large meal. For those days the usual order of work in the house was loosened.

Grades 5–8. Daily life.

How it connects

December is the month to remember. Gifts and a shared meal are the signs.

Latin words that go with this card: deus, donum.

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