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sh tit tlo Chria s bir day: Night and• refexs 'to the i tivity by . of catl I
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��� "Toe If sizni��rly �S a shorth ad word, conning to English ��}tle" is an Old �tl�li�h 4� Anglo SaxD �w�rd for
through P'ieneh, xrom the Lat "Natalis,'" short for��'nata- Gri>itaa, And there are s iiat words w th itnilar -
� 'be o are today, sgtne ins ... , . „ ., r 1 d.ss or taiady. With alii Metter Natalis refers m+sanln 8 In Gferman and the ficazt n .vl,lt late sa ea+.
f 3Q,000'' plar►ders of w ch' : ;�, re••.Christian obsexvattce ox t Jesus' natal d. y Orlgina y it probably xetierxed a again e. ttval
p The �tal4ata "DTatAle and S atlis "Navidad'" (orKati- `and becalme associated with, the Na� vitt' with�i3e onset
3'Vq` the Winter. Solstice,` vidad) follow the' same pattern, 8 "Weinachtert, the of tltc Christian, era, '
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,1 sin Finland• anis Ruala.
hl>$' are close o» •, , 1 _ ... • ,...a.- r ,
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oiatQ with relndeeer, on
which they have vended r . 04
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for a large P of their
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The early Lapp religion -
f tp 'shamanistic, featuring
a Priest, or shaman who . f t elWOG/divined, the secrets ofgood'
Minting, fishing, - reindeer '>' _ •
grazing, and other matters
,l of Imlportance to the ppeople, ' LAPLA"ERe Aivn REIIKDEER, the' li es intertwined by
while in a state of trances nature for hundreds of years, pro I& an .economical
' • Beautifully decorated •mag- balance in northernmost o e s subarctic re Iori+s. ,+,sr•�y+ , '" +'; ;�;•
ic'drums.',' were a , ceans of Life g•.
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Inducing the 'trances a'hd. style of �.app with sled•pullin reindeer is con-
are characteristic of early trasted by prop -driven airplane, while anotheLapp
Lapp culture. affectionately pets a reindeer upon -4bich he so h ' v'
ISTIAN CONVE"ION depends. photos courtedy Royal Norwegian Embassy xt . u""' '�:. • {•
I e scale conversfon to Inforri4ation Service.
Christ anity did not occur feasts. The Lapps' which has a
among ,the Lapps until the AP ' chief, par4llel in ,, b �, PARK�q. BROS-
L7th Centu This fact. festivals'came in spring many lands and which re- :TONKA
combined with the exces- and autumn with the occas minds one of putting out FISHER' PRICE
s sively' tough conditions of sions of marketing, when cookies and milk near the
the products of the reindeer chimney for Santa Claus.. x_ °' CORGI
1 the northern wir tended P Y
-to prevent the development herds and furs' from hunt- The old documents tell of r
of Christmas customs as we ing were exchanged for, :a "sacrifice" to the Ydle-
know them — the church other products. tide People," spirits which "
gatherings, decoration of However, 17th Century were believed to fly about -
hon.es and trees, the giving • manuscripts describe one over the earth • and which
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