Angelika Now it's that time again. Christmas is just around the corner, and I want to sit down and write my Christmas letter. Of course, this year I can't avoid saying a few words about the upcoming turn of the millennium. It almost seems like Christmas is taking a bit of a backseat this year because everyone is preparing for the big event. Yes, soon we will really have to write 2000, or, somewhat ridiculously, "00". I remember practicing writing this year number during my teenage years and almost recoiling because the image seemed so strange. I also used to calculate how old I would be in the year 2000--and I was no less shocked.

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