The Tradition of Feasting and Drinking Overly to Excess

I'm trying to portray how horrified a Victorian man would be if he went back in time and was sprinkled with with blood. The Spirit of Yule which is for sale on smiletitans.com and there's also a free animated cartoon version of it on youtube. Do you think the tradition of feasting and drinking overly to excess across all these cultures and across vast time stands do you think that that does come from the idea that you're crossing the boundaries of the new year? I don't know but i'd like to think something like thatYeah i mean it definitely comes from an early harvest where people can now feast in the darkest longest nights  that it would originally have been that