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Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷 <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solstice</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Brumalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brumalia</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Saturnalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturnalia</span></a>: December 24th is the end of the four-week Ancient Roman <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Brumalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brumalia</span></a> winter solstice festival honouring <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturn</span></a>/#Cronus and <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Ceres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceres</span></a>/#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 <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/SandraGore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandraGore</span></a> which she calls the "Ghost of Christmas Present.") 🪷</p>
Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷 <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solstice</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Saturnalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturnalia</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Brumalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brumalia</span></a>: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Hadrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hadrian</span></a>’s Wall. Pots found at <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Housesteads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housesteads</span></a> Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. Rrad full report here: <a href="https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">antinousstars.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">4/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html</span></a> 🪷</p>
Antinous the Gay God<p>🎅 🎄 Santaur Baby Saturday ... ‘Tis the season for the annual hanging of the Santaur <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centaur</span></a> ornament. Do you believe in <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Santaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Santaur</span></a>? <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Antinous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antinous</span></a> does! <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solstice</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Saturnalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturnalia</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Brumalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brumalia</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Yule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yule</span></a> 🎅 🐴🎄</p>
Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷 Happy Brumalia! We revel in the Roman <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Brumalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brumalia</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solstice</span></a> festival honoring <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturn</span></a>/#Cronus and <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Ceres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceres</span></a>/#Demeter. Four weeks of revelry which start 24 November and end 24 December with the <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Saturnalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturnalia</span></a> and the "Waxing of the Light". Festival greeting: "Vives annos" Live for years! Photo: <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/SandraGore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandraGore</span></a> 🪷</p>