Happy Chanukkah, everybody!!! Time to celebrate with latkes or jelly donuts or both, whichever you prefer. Light a menorah if you swing that way, too! ;)

Speaking of the holidays, alyxbradford, one of redstapler's many brilliant friends, wrote this positively brilliant essay on the history of Christmas , which I encourage you all to read.

An excerpt:

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