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...place of high-speed modems or PalmPilots--which look, in this scheme of things, a little like the toys the kids got under the tree last week--Easter Island offers what humanity has always relied on: petroglyphs and taboos and ways of peopling the dark. You walk here through a landscape of atavistic myth, in what can seem a Blair Witch island. Winds from Antarctica roar over broken stone heads and toppled statues in the bare earth. In the local church, the Virgin Mary is a staring-eyed moai, and the baptismal font sits atop a carved head...
...droplets. Maybe this is a good thing, but it sure has taken some of the magic out of parenting, not to mention childhood. Christmas, however, is a time when believers in the plain truth should consider applying some varnish. Parents might want to explain away the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Elvis' ghost and E.T. But we shouldn't be too literal about Santa Claus...
...Every Easter Sunday we beat up a priest," The Artman says...
Among its offerings: A wrestling enthusiast called "The Artman" hosts a wrestling show in which "priests" are beat up each Easter Sunday; well-known street performer Hugh M. Hill '48--a.k.a. "Brother Blue"--hosts both a radio and a television show...
...Greek calendar hanging in her kitchen, Vicky pointed out the important days of the year, Christmas, Greek Orthodox, her birthday and the day on which her name is celebrated. Every name has its own day. "For Christmas and Easter, we barbecue an entire lamb, which we order from New Hampshire or Vermont. It's already cleaned out, so we set it up, and turn it by its head. When I was in Greece, we killed it ourselves...