Princeton Latin Academy--A Classical Education in a Private School Setting

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Saturnalia

The Princeton Lyceum singing traditional Chistmas carols
A high schooler reciting the Night Before Christmas Two angels watching over the Nativity scene
The older girls honoring the feast of San Lucia

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As we approach the month of December every year, the sun diminishes and darkness pervades the landscape of our lives. Light and joy are most needed at the Stygian hour of the winter solstice. Princeton Latin Academy, therefore, sheds some intellectual illumination on the season by teaching the children the various ways that man, with all his poetic genius and faith, comes to terms with it. The Romans had their Saturnalia; the Jews, their Hanukah; the Christians, their Nativity -- all feasts of light. To be informed of these matters is an essential part of a classical education, for there is no culture without religion. Saturnalia is the celebration of all these events.

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