Reply To: We need a new inyan for Nittel Nacht

The men’s club at our MO shul also has the minhag the past several years to combine some form of community service on Yom Tov morning after the davening and then have an afternoon shiiur with the Rav followed by a mincha/deli lunch and then an Israeli movie. From what I’ve heard, even among the Chabad, there is a vast range of Nittel Nacht activities. Many shalichim overseas where there are no yeshivos, organize special activities for the younger kids on “yom tov” just to divert them from the pervasive X’mas observances around them. Its easy to ignore X’mas in BP, Willy, Lakewood or Golders GReen, but much more difficult if you have a young child in areas of the world where yidden are virtually invisible.