El Origen de Navidad (Destripando La Historia)

Oh oh oh children!
Welcome to gutting history with Pascu and Rodri
As you have been good this year, we are going to tell you the origin of Christmas
Before Christmas

A special celebration used to take place
Saturnalia!
In ancient Rome

They worshipped the Sun God
And honored Saturn
Who, by the way, was a jerk
He ate his children!

They invited each other for dinner and exchanged gifts endlessly
War was put aside
And even slaves were given freedom
Just for a while

They played the lottery, which was usually forbidden
Houses were decorated
They threw parties
Non-stop for seven days

And around the same dates, the Norse had Yule, a very important and family-oriented celebration where they marked the winter solstice

They lit many candles
And placed a tree in their homes
They sang at every door
And together they ate a ham

From a sacrificed pig
And sometimes they slaughtered a goat
That carried the offerings
And they strongly resembled those of Thor

But the years passed and the Christians appeared!
Something that the Romans didn't like too much
But in the year 300 things changed
And Constantine allowed them to do their things freely

They tried to please
The local people
But they had to adapt
The pagans
To the Christian faith

And the celebration of the Sun God
Seemed the best to them
For the birth of the Lord
Since they didn't know
The exact date

And Christmas arrived
It stayed with us to this day
Although there were some years
When due to various reasons
This celebration was prohibited, just for a while!

Celebrate Christmas
Saturnalia or Yule
Hey, what does it matter!
And let's sing

Lailarai larala