Bonus article: Why American Holidays Suck

How the ancient festival of Saturnalia was so much better than modern Christmas traditions, and some ideas for how we can get them back.

It is an unfortunate thing that Saturnalia has become cognate with Christmas in the modern zeitgeist. Pedants often bring up the Church’s moving around of dates to coincide with this celebration, but it carries an implication that our modern holiday had something to do with their ancient one. In truth, today’s Catholic church is made up in large part of…