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excerpt: "Merry Xmas and a lump of coal in your stocking! A friend said that one of the functions of an editor is to be controversial, and Hugh Howie's essay on editorship suggests taking a look at the flip side of editing a QL newsletter in North America."
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# Editor’s Notes

Merry Xmas and a lump of coal in your stocking!

A friend said that one of the functions of an editor is to be controversial, and Hugh Howie’s essay on editorship suggests taking a look at the flip side of editing a QL newsletter in North America.