Rough Roman Memes

Explanation: The image is from The Onion, a satirical news site, and is making fun of this kind of political cartoon.

The Romans celebrated SATVRNALIA around this time, a jolly winter holiday in which people exchanged minor gifts and snacks, celebrated together, played silly holiday games, wore outlandish clothing, and in general turned the social order 'upside-down' in the name of the liberation represented by the god Saturn, and all people were (theoretically, and by custom, not law) equal for the week, from the highest masters to the lowest slaves.

IO! SATVRNALIA!

So many fun details...

• not only does the tree have hands just so it can be crucified, but its tinsel is laid out like a Jesus Sash
• it' s snowing. in Palestine. and the snow is piling up on the crosses but not the ground.
• the soap labeled Soap and the nails labeled Nails
• Pilate is using a modern faucet, and has a mirror with modern vanity lights
• Pilate is holding his cape like a toga
• the modern claw hammer. (apparently dating to the early 1500s?)
• those loincloths...

[off topic]

"Happy holidays" was created by capitalists.

Department store clerks were supposed to wish every customer a 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

The bosses realized that was slowing the lines down, but they had to keep up the pretense that the staff cared about the customers.

"Happy holidays" was the solution.

Sorry, that’s the first meme here I really don’t like. Unfortunately memes like this get sent around by boomers - unironically.