Mary and Joseph are in parkas. The Baby Jesus is swaddled head to toe in caribou furs. And the trio are observing the First Noel in an igloo while the Star of Bethlehem illuminates the Arctic sky overhead.
They’re also alone. Given the 8,000 km hike from Roman Judea to the Canadian Arctic archipelago, the Magi and the shepherds do not appear to have made it.
The Inuit nativity is featured in a window of St. George’s Anglican Church, the largest house of worship in the 1,500-person community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. It’s one of several windows in the church, all of them handcrafted by the Bachmanns, which inject a unique Inuit flavour into scenes from the Bible.
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