Literally. Or Saturnalia. Or Mayday. The tradition of "the lord of misrule" has archeological evidence going back seven thousand years or something.

Paul Kriwaczek wrote a great book about the Babylonians/Sumerians /Akkadians and opens it by pointing out that pre-biblical culture lasted, uninterrupted, longer than civilization has lasted since its fall. He also points out at length that if we were to draw any comparisons to modern cultures, the parallel would be the Soviets.