This winter, many families will have left cookies for St. Nicholas on his feast day, or plan to do so on the 24th. But leave them where, exactly? On the kitchen counter, perhaps. Near the refrigerator. Beneath electric lights and climate-controlled air. The gesture remains, but the proper place has vanished. The hearth—once the obvious destination for such offerings—is gone…
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