Strenna
strenna strenna di natale gift usual make receive italy christmas time custom come tradition ancient rome involved exchange gift good wish saturnalia series festivity took place year december honor god saturn preceding day natalis solis invicti term derives latin strena word probably sabine origin meaning gift good luck according varro use adopted early first foundation city set titus tatius first caught good augur new year twig plant arbor felix located wood sacred goddess strenia derived term strenae gift various kind including coin exchanged feast saturnalia publishing field nineteenth century strenna also collection poem prose poetry placed sale new year use nowadays diminished ceased custom come definition strenne editoriali libro strenna english gift book publication placed market first week december main purpose serve traditional gift christmas festivity angelo de gubernatis storia comparata degli usi natalizi italia e presso gli altri popoli indoeuropei milan treves alfredo cattabiani calendario le feste miti le leggende e riti dellanno rusconi alfredo cattabiani simboli miti e misteri di rom newton compton