Feast of Fools
Americannoun
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“The marketing was all the happy stuff and ‘Come to the Feast of Fools; it’s a party!’ with talking gargoyles, confetti and pies in the face.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2021
So, 25 years after the Second Summer of Love, Feast of Fools are hosting an anniversary whistle-fest featuring the likes of Justin Robertson, Terry Francis and Sugarlump Sound System.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013
In The Feast of Fools, Harvey Cox presents Christ as clown and Christianity as comedy, because the world "should not be taken with ultimate or final seriousness."
From Time Magazine Archive
Of older standing than the Feast of Fools were the Christmas revels of the deacons, the priests, and the choir-boys.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
It was January 6, 1482, and all Paris was keeping the double festival of Epiphany and the Feast of Fools.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
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