Christmas: From Resurrection to Rudolph
Abstract For the Inuit who live in the Canadian Arctic, what happens on the winter solstice (December 21) is far more dramatic than any comparable cosmic phenomenon those of us who live in temperate and tropical latitudes witness. Christmas time there doesn’t just bring lengthier noontime shadows an...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
2002
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195150247.003.0011 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52508670/isbn-9780195150247-book-part-11.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract For the Inuit who live in the Canadian Arctic, what happens on the winter solstice (December 21) is far more dramatic than any comparable cosmic phenomenon those of us who live in temperate and tropical latitudes witness. Christmas time there doesn’t just bring lengthier noontime shadows and longer nights. It is a time of total darkness— both day and night. |
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