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ローマのラレンタリアの祭りは12月23日に行われたが、アウグストゥスによって年に2回行うよう命じられた。人々は、煙突の角に住むと考えられていたラレス（家屋で崇拝され、家族の守り神とされる神々の一種）に敬意を表した<ref name="Rees1819">Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, https://books.google.com/books?id=rvH8ra5JriwC&pg=PP313, 1819, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown|pages=313–</ref>。   The [[Roman festival]] of '''Larentalia''' was held on 23 December but was ordered to be observed twice a year by [[Augustus]]; by some supposed to be in honour of the [[Lares]], a kind of domestic ''genii'', or divinities, worshipped in houses, and esteemed the guardians and protectors of families, supposed to reside in chimney-corners.<ref name="Rees1819">{{cite book|author=Abraham Rees|title=The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvH8ra5JriwC&pg=PP313|year=1819|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown|pages=313–}}</ref> Others have attributed this feast in honour of [[Acca Larentia]], the nurse of [[Romulus]] and [[Remus]], and wife of [[Faustulus]].<ref name="Belier1991">{{cite book|author=Wouter W. Belier|title=Decayed Gods: Origin and Development of Georges Dumézil's "Idéologie Tripartie"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hs3BpWur0_4C&pg=PA91|year=1991|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-09487-3|pages=91–}}</ref>