The Philosophy of Christmas by Caroline Taggart games countries and cultures

countries and cultures

Julia Donaldson and Michael Rosen

providence and friendship

their brains systematically removed from their bodies

'To look almost pretty

The Philosophy of Christmas by Caroline Taggart games countries and culturesTake the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the gift giving Norse god Odin and the Pagan habit of bringing evergreen plants into the house at Midwinter. Add a benevolent fourth century bishop, some drunken medieval singing and a nineteenth century American poem. Sprinkle with the Christian tradition of Jesus being born on 25 December and stir well. Allow the mixture to absorb other influences over hundreds of years and serve with a plum pudding that may or