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Part One: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

Behind the Bastards

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The Darkest Time of the Year

If you want to celebrate traditional Christmas, go to a drag show. I that is what my plans are. And also dressing up like animals, just part of it all. Part of Kaleins. This is the closest I can find to a true origin of Christmas is Saturnalia. But celebrating the darkest time of the year with chaos, revelry, and role reversal. Let's talk about more of that.

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