Why did Alfred Hitchcock's Christmas greetings never contain the letter L? It was his idea of a joke: a pun on the word "No-el."
Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Joseph (1889-1980) British director [noted for his sophisticated cinematic effects, as evidenced in such classic suspense
films as The 39 Steps (1935), Strangers on a Train (1951), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963)]