🪷 We revel in the Roman #Brumalia #Solstice festival honoring #Saturn #Cronus and #Ceres #Demeter. Four weeks of revelry which started November 24th and ends December 24th with the #Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". Festival greeting: "Vives annos" Live for years! Photo: #SandraGore 🪷

🪷 #Solstice #Saturnalia #Brumalia: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at #Hadrian ’s Wall. Pots found at #Housesteads Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. Rrad full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html 🪷

🎅 🎄 The first Saturday of December is #SantaurSaturday ... ‘Tis the season for the annual hanging of the Santaur #centaur ornament. Do you believe in #Santaur? #Antinous does! #Solstice #Saturnalia #Brumalia #Yule 🎅 🐴🎄

🪷 #Solstice #Brumalia #Saturnalia: December 24th is the end of the four-week Ancient Roman #Brumalia winter solstice festival honouring #Saturn/#Cronus and #Ceres/#Demeter. The Brumalia festival included night-time feasting and merriment. During this time, oracles were taken. Brumalia festivities ended on 24 Dec, ushering in the Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". (Our photo shows a festively decorated Antinous bust by #SandraGore which she calls the "Ghost of Christmas Present.") 🪷

🪷 #Solstice #Saturnalia #Brumalia: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at #Hadrian’s Wall. Pots found at #Housesteads Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. Rrad full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html 🪷

🎅 🎄 Santaur Baby Saturday ... ‘Tis the season for the annual hanging of the Santaur #centaur ornament. Do you believe in #Santaur? #Antinous does! #Solstice #Saturnalia #Brumalia #Yule 🎅 🐴🎄

🪷 Happy Brumalia! We revel in the Roman #Brumalia #Solstice festival honoring #Saturn/#Cronus and #Ceres/#Demeter. Four weeks of revelry which start 24 November and end 24 December with the #Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". Festival greeting: "Vives annos" Live for years! Photo: #SandraGore 🪷

🪷 #Saturnalia #Brumalia: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at #Hadrian’s Wall. Pots found at #Housesteads Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html 🪷

🪷 We revel in the Roman #Brumalia #Solstice festival honoring #Saturn/#Cronus and #Ceres/#Demeter. Four weeks of revelry which start 24 Nov and end 24 Dec with the #Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". Festival greeting: "Vives annos" Live for years! Photo: #SandraGore 🪷