LATIN: “Patrem natalem mortus est.” ‡‡
‡‡ ) “Father Christmas is dead.” / “Santa
Claus is dead.” — a
reverse-engineered translation of what 19th. C. Germ. philologist
& couch pope Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche might have said if he’d gotten
around to it, to which an ancient Roman probably reply, “Father Christmas? Santa?
Christmas? Never heard of ’em. As for Saturnalia, now that’s a holiday...”
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