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Monday, December 30, 2002

Have a merry little Nitl. I mentioned that on Erev Xmas I went to a party wherein a skit was performed about dark-of-winter rituals throughout the ages. Here are two stories about the origins of Nitl, a European Jewish way of coping with being surrounded by Xmas. (Also an etymology of the X in Xmas.)