Masquerades
For Christmas customs involving the use of masks and costumes, see CHRISTMAS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA; BLACK PETER; BOY BISHOP; CHRISTMAS IN ECUADOR; Feast of Fools; CHRISTMAS IN GUATEMALA; JONKONNU; KALENDS; KING OF THE BEAN; KNOCKING NIGHTS; LORD OF MISRULE; MASQUE; MUMMERS PARADE; MUMMING; NATIVITY PLAY; CHRISTMAS IN NIGERIA; PANTOMIME; PARADISE TREE; PASTORES; PLOUGH MONDAY; POSADAS; ST. BARBARA’S DAY; ST. LUCY’S DAY; ST. NICHOLAS’S DAY; SATURNALIA; STAR BOYS; TWELFTH NIGHT; YULE GOAT; ZAGMUK.