The most wonderful time in a not−so−wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren’t letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit. Many have found creative ways to celebrate while still in the throes of COVID−19’s second wave. In Iqaluit, Nunavut, Sheila Flaherty thawed a piece of polar bear meat, or nanuq in Inuktitut, to serve to her family on Christmas Day. “It’s as big as a ham. It’s huge,” she said. “We might have to saw the bone to fit it in the big crockpot or use two crockpots.” She planned to braise the meat and serve it with steam buns, tarts and a wreath cake. Flaherty, an Inuk chef and entrepreneur, harvested the animal in September outside Iqaluit. It was her first polar bear catch. She usually flies to Ottawa for Christmas to see her son and father, but she’ll be spending it …