In essence, Christmas festivities have largely reverted to what they originally were in Roman times ​ — revelry, feasting, and the exchanging of presents. A Child Has Been Born to Us
वास्तविक पाहता, रोमी काळात जे केले जात होते तेच आज नाताळाचे सार बनले आहे — गाणेबजावणे, खाणेपिणे आणि एकमेकांना भेटवस्तू देणे.