Our first meet up coincides with the Christmas season. I’m tempted to say the theme of our get together should be the history of Christmas. It has a rather long history! The date was set by Constantine so the Roman population weren’t troubled, it was the date of the celebration of Sol Invictus. The Sun God. Strangely the Sun God was the deity that was the subject of the first monotheistic worship in Egypt, the Aten, Tutankhamen’s father, Akhenaten, established this in 1400 BC. But it was destroyed after his death and that of Tutankhamen. Coincidences? Maybe? Google Egyptian hieroglyphs in Roman catacombs and then decide.
But of course there is the more recent history of Christmas, the Germanic influence from Albert.
However , let’s just chat, grab a drink and enjoy talking history!
Let’s talk about where we can take the group as well. It’s lovely to go and see historical talks and places.
We can change the location to the centre of Cardiff if that’s more convenient. Just let me know.
