There were preludes to the election; and the first was probably in acquiescence with a Saturnalian humour prevalent in some countries, where the lower orders are only allowed to indulge their taste for the mockery of the great at stated times and on fixed occasions.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli
Then all her Saturnalian army is scattered.
"A Mere Accident"
George Moore
Napoleon was scrupulously respected through the whole of this Saturnalian festivity.
"The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"
Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton