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Wishing a Gitten (Long) #Nittel to all observing today!
For context: those Hasidic communities who originate in areas where Orthodox Christianity was the majority (Romania, Ukraine, etc.) observe Nittel tonight, on #ChristmasEve of the old Kratzmach:
https://thesecondtransition.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-most-beautiful-night.html
Many communities (like Viznitz where I was raised) that either had big population of both,* or where they spend a lot of time in different cities, observe both.
So yes, that's how I was raised "observing" a form of "#Christmas is impure" twice, more than most Christians 
* in some cases it was that the government and papules observed different dates - like Orthodox majority regions under Austrian rule, etc.
@abbystein I wasn't familiar with Nittel Nacht, but it seems to be the predecessor for going to a movie then eating Chinese food (with a little more fear for their lives mixed in).