![]() ![]() Christian tradition gives the original Father Christmas a saintly origin. Today, he is celebrated as the central gift giver but in times gone by he was a distillation of the spirit of Christmas. Next to Jesus Christ, Father Christmas takes center stage of the Christmas celebrations. Father Christmas or Santa Claus Started Life as a Pagan God It was a custom that was so deeply rooted the Christian Christmas had to absorb it.įather Christmas as a personification of the Christmas spirit in The Illustrated London News of December 1847. For one day, Rome went back to a golden age of idleness and plenty. The Lord of the Feast acted as a personification of Saturn and as such was responsible for ensuring that everyone ate and drank too much and behaved foolishly. ![]() One of the salves of each household was appointed the Lord of the Feast. Slaves also received a holiday and swapped places with their owners who waited on them for the day. For the Lord of Misrule was a blatant leftover from the Roman feast of Saturnalia.Ī principal part of the Saturnalia festivities was the overturning of the social norm. Although people sometimes referred to the Lord as the Abbot of misrule’ no one pretended he was part of the Christian traditions of Christmas. Throughout the festivities, he sat crowned at the head of the table where he received the mock homage of his fellow revelers. Whether in a manor house or the royal court, the Lord of Misrule dictated all feasts, dances, masquerades, and processions of mummers and musicians. However, he was a blatant hangover from Saturnalia.ĭuring the Middle Ages, the Lord of Misrule was the King of Christmas. ![]() The Lord of Misrule was a Popular Figure in the Middle Ages. Walking the Blyth and Tyne, part three: B L Y T H.The Lord of Misrule by Elbridge Streeter Brooks.The not-particularly-monthly-anymore recap, “good heavens, is it really almost 2022?” edition.Lords of Misrule 2021: “Words of Advice”.Lords of Misrule 2021: “A Saturnalia piece”.Lords of Misrule 2021: Walking and picking up trash will benefit you personally.Lords of Misrule 2021: “Dancing.png” (for lack of a proper title).Mx van Hoorn’s link roundup, Volume III.The increasingly irregular monthly recap, “Fuck you, it’s February!” edition.Mx van Hoorn’s link roundup, Volume VII.A crackpot theory about the song “Creep”.Photos from around Lower Northumberland.Mx van Hoorn’s link roundup, Volume VIII.Mx van Hoorn’s link roundup, volume XII.Mx van Hoorn’s link roundup, volume XIII.Marijn Post navigation ← Previous Post Construction work underway → Have fun, and don’t be afraid to get weird with it! You can submit your entries from today until the 16th of December, 2021. Your gran’s chocolate cake recipe? An impassioned defence of Freddy Got Fingered as an ironic masterpiece? A rant about how keyboards aren’t what they used to be? Whatever you - my lords of misrule - want. I would ask that you don’t submit any political polemics (we’ve had quite enough of those) or anything that would get me in legal trouble, but apart from that, anything goes. If you write or put together something - absolutely anything - and email it to come Saturnalia (that’s December 17 to 23, for those who understandably aren’t up to date with ancient festival customs) i’ll put it up on the site, both on the blog and on its own dedicated, permanent subpage, etched in stone for all to see. Welcome, one and all, to the first annual Marijn.uk Lords of Misrule! So, in the spirit of those winter holidays, to lighten up this frosty time of year, i thought it would be fun to let you play that rule for my website. This tradition clung on even into the Christian middle ages as the English “lord of misrule” - a lone pagan vestige in a monotheistic world. Whatever orders the King barked had to be followed, no matter how ridiculous. For one glorious week, Roman society was turned on its head: slaves became masters togas were out and ostentatious displays of colour were in gag gifts were given and one lucky person was elected the local King of Saturnalia. “Iō Saturnalia!” So went the cry that marked the start of the eponymous classical holiday. This is a copy of the main page for this event. ![]()
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