In his book The Battle for Christmas, professor of history Stephen Nissenbaum writes: “Christmas... was a time of heavy drinking when the rules that governed people’s public behavior were momentarily abandoned in favor of an unrestrained ‘ carnival, ’ a kind of December Mardi Gras. ”
მათ, ვინც შობას მოწიწებით უყურებს, ასეთმა აღწერამ შეიძლება გული ატკინოს.