A Christmas tree erected by Qulliq Energy Corp. lights up the sky on power plant hill overlooking Iqaluit. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
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Posted by Decolonize Christmas! on
A tree?!
It’s time we started a conversation about decolonizing Christmas.
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Posted by Atatsiak on
Of course someone always has something crappy to say. Kick rocks man.
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Posted by Colonial Clutter to Cultural Clarity on
Let’s promote cultural independence and self-determination by reassessing and discontinuing all practices and influences that are remnants of colonial times!
This ambitious approach involves not only encouraging people to relinquish modern conveniences that originated from colonial influences!
Lets send people who have settled in historically colonized regions back to their origins, taking with them all aspects of “colonial” life, including advanced technology, monetary systems, modern healthcare, and even methods of transportation!
This measure aims to symbolize a return to Inuit values and lifestyles, in this case, reflecting a deep respect for Inuit heritage and traditions, and posits a complete disengagement from the colonial legacy in every aspect of life!
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Posted by maybe on
this is me, every other week. Screw this I want to go live back out on the land. Must be excruciatingly difficult. I don’t think I’d last a week.
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Posted by JOHNNY on
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO GRINCH !!!!!
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Posted by Mit on
It’s merry Christmas not happy holidays. Nice to see nunavut still respecting tradition.
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Posted by HATE POLITICALLY CORRECT on
I m 60 yrs old and have always wished everybody ” MERRY CHRISTMAS ”
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Posted by John K on
I love it when the “War on Christmas” crowd comes out.
Have a happy holidays Mit, no one is interested in taking Christmas from you.
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Posted by Cultural Melting Pot on
And a Happy Non-Denominational Merry to you too John. Hope everything is wonderful for you and yours over this period of festivities.
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Posted by John K on
Thank you for the kind words. I hope you and your loved ones enjoy whatever you may do to celebrate this season. If you don’t celebrate anything this season I wish you the best anyway!
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Posted by Good Luck on
Ummm, the only way to do that would be to eliminate Christmas. Good luck with that.
Posted by Decolonize Christmas! on
So much privilege in these comments. And so much discomfort. If what I said has disturbed you I would encourage you to sit in your discomfort, inquire it, ask yourselves why you feel this way. Reflect on your privilege.
Christmas is a colonial construct meant to reinforce the denuding of indigenous cosmological systems.
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Posted by Here’s Reality on
Yup, just like decolonization (whatever that means) is an oppressive tool meant to deny the cultural trappings of other Canadians that has been foisted on a multicultural country by the Indigenous elite and their political lackeys. It is a malevolent ideology. In short, decolonization is a tool of intolerance.
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Posted by Oh for god’s sake… on
These comments show why we can’t have nice things.
It is colourful lights high on a hill in the darkest time of the year. Can’t we just appreciate that it is pretty and move on with our day?
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Posted by Ghost of Christmas Past on
Christmas is an iteration of a much older pagan celebration of solstice. So, like it or not, it was invented to subvert ancient traditional beliefs.
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Posted by Christmas is for shamans on
This is true, but that happened about 1600 years ago. Let’s not pretend it was yesterday. People are free to celebrate Christmas however they like, if you want to ‘decolonize’ yourself, go for it. Personally, I celebrate with pre-Christian rituals, for example, a warm cup of tuktu piss loaded with the molecules of amanita muscaria mushrooms, just like the shamans of old.
A tree?!
It’s time we started a conversation about decolonizing Christmas.
Of course someone always has something crappy to say. Kick rocks man.
Let’s promote cultural independence and self-determination by reassessing and discontinuing all practices and influences that are remnants of colonial times!
This ambitious approach involves not only encouraging people to relinquish modern conveniences that originated from colonial influences!
Lets send people who have settled in historically colonized regions back to their origins, taking with them all aspects of “colonial” life, including advanced technology, monetary systems, modern healthcare, and even methods of transportation!
This measure aims to symbolize a return to Inuit values and lifestyles, in this case, reflecting a deep respect for Inuit heritage and traditions, and posits a complete disengagement from the colonial legacy in every aspect of life!
this is me, every other week. Screw this I want to go live back out on the land. Must be excruciatingly difficult. I don’t think I’d last a week.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO GRINCH !!!!!
It’s merry Christmas not happy holidays. Nice to see nunavut still respecting tradition.
I m 60 yrs old and have always wished everybody ” MERRY CHRISTMAS ”
I love it when the “War on Christmas” crowd comes out.
Have a happy holidays Mit, no one is interested in taking Christmas from you.
And a Happy Non-Denominational Merry to you too John. Hope everything is wonderful for you and yours over this period of festivities.
Thank you for the kind words. I hope you and your loved ones enjoy whatever you may do to celebrate this season. If you don’t celebrate anything this season I wish you the best anyway!
Ummm, the only way to do that would be to eliminate Christmas. Good luck with that.
So much privilege in these comments. And so much discomfort. If what I said has disturbed you I would encourage you to sit in your discomfort, inquire it, ask yourselves why you feel this way. Reflect on your privilege.
Christmas is a colonial construct meant to reinforce the denuding of indigenous cosmological systems.
Yup, just like decolonization (whatever that means) is an oppressive tool meant to deny the cultural trappings of other Canadians that has been foisted on a multicultural country by the Indigenous elite and their political lackeys. It is a malevolent ideology. In short, decolonization is a tool of intolerance.
These comments show why we can’t have nice things.
It is colourful lights high on a hill in the darkest time of the year. Can’t we just appreciate that it is pretty and move on with our day?
Christmas is an iteration of a much older pagan celebration of solstice. So, like it or not, it was invented to subvert ancient traditional beliefs.
This is true, but that happened about 1600 years ago. Let’s not pretend it was yesterday. People are free to celebrate Christmas however they like, if you want to ‘decolonize’ yourself, go for it. Personally, I celebrate with pre-Christian rituals, for example, a warm cup of tuktu piss loaded with the molecules of amanita muscaria mushrooms, just like the shamans of old.