Holiday Party / Festivus / Saturnalia !!!

Freedom From Religion Foundation and Atlanta Freethought Society will celebrate the Winter Solstice on Sat, Dec 21st, 5-9 pm at AFS Hall. The ancient Romans celebrated the god of Saturn by having a banquet, exchanging gifts, and reversing social norms. Festivus includes a banquet, gag gift exchange, airing of grievances, feats of strength, Festivus miracles and other fun stuff.

Please join us for a delightful evening for all.

For the pot luck dinner let’s forget the traditional fare—some possible alternatives:

• Pastafarian: lasagna, spaghetti, or pizza.
• BBQ, Chili, Tacos, hot dogs, hamburgers.
• Most of our ancestors lived near water: how about some sea food?
• And let’s not forget deserts.
• Drinks: some home brew wine and spirits or maybe some mead?

Doors open at 5 PM for set up. We plan to start eating at 6 PM.

The gift exchange will start around 7 PM. The gag gift should be as cheap as possible—something from a garage sale, thrift store or something you want to “re-gift” will be fine. After the gifts are opened we will vote on the most bizarre, weird, strange, obscene, or funny gift. Afterwards we might engage in something fun like dancing or shooting fireworks over the graveyard.

If anyone wants to bring some dancing music please let us know. FFRF/AFS will provide coffee, soft drinks, hot chocolate, plates, cups, and cutlery.