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Saturnalia (n.) is the ancient Roman December festival of Saturn, with feasting and masters serving slaves; now any wild revelry.
Saturnalia (n.) is order taking a sick day.
Saturnalia (n.) is permission, which is the opposite of freedom.
Saturnalia (n.) is the ancestor of the office Christmas party, and it shows.
Saturnalia (n.) seats the servant at the master's table for a day, and then the silverware gets counted.
Saturnalia (n.) is the party a hierarchy throws to prove it can survive being turned upside down.
The Saturnalia (n.) is the image of the outwardly calm man with unfree judgements: a slave on holiday whose master is away, but will be back soon.