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12/25/2001 Entry: "Bring Back the Belsnickel."

Happy Christmas.
Next year, make your kids work for their goodies - bring back the Belsnickel:

He throws the gifts on the floor, demanding a "piece" performed by the children. They have prepared for this for months, and they say a poem or sing a song. He remains stern, with grim, forbidding countenance. When Beltznickel’s whip rattled the windows. the children were frightened and he was a creature to be feared. Sunday School Festivals in the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside continue this tradition of saying a "piece" for him, even though he may not show up.

Posted from my grandmother's iPAQ. I'm due in Manhattan in the next couple days.
I'm trying to get my brother to scope out tickets to Proof for the Friday show.