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What Do Jews Do on Christmas?
http://www.jewfaq.org/xmas.htm ^

Posted on 12/24/2011 10:14:49 PM PST by JoeProBono

Christmas is not a Jewish holiday. Many Christians think of Christmas as an American holiday, a secular holiday or a cultural holiday, but most Jews today do not think of Christmas that way. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, 82% of Jewish households never have a Christmas tree (and the idea of a "Chanukkah bush" is mostly a joke, not anything anybody takes seriously). The same percentage was found in a 2000 survey by the AJC, though I'm sure that survey skewed toward the more Jewishly-involved. Even among those who are intermarried, only half have a Christmas tree in the home and only 75% give Christmas presents (see Intermarriage and Jewish Journeys). A 2007 survey by InterfaithFamily.com found that only 37% of interfaith families that have decided to raise the children Jewish have a tree in the home. It has become a cliché to talk about the "December Dilemma," the problems that Jewish parents face when their children become jealous of the presents and the fanfare of Christmas, or when interfaith couples must decide what to do for the December holidays.

Many Jews (even highly assimilated Jews) are uncomfortable about Christmas. We don't object to Christians celebrating Christmas, but we don't particularly want to celebrate it ourselves, and there is enormous social pressure to celebrate Christmas, whether we want to or not. One Jewish writer said it's like being a man in the lingerie department: you feel like you don't belong there. Another Jewish writer said, "just try telling a Christmas enthusiast that the creche in front of your post office makes you uneasy; suddenly, 'frosty' describes more than just the snowman." Many secular Christians have told me that Christmas is my holiday too, and some of them get very angry or even nasty when I tell them that I don't want to celebrate it, calling me "Grinch" or "Scrooge." ......

Go out for Chinese food Many Jews go out for Chinese food on Christmas. In fact, Justice Elena Kagan mentioned this in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings: when a senator asked her where she was on Christmas, she said, "You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant." Someone even wrote a song about Jews eating Chinese Food On Christmas. The Chinese do not celebrate Christmas any more than we do, so most Chinese restaurants are open on Christmas. In Philadelphia and New York, there are several kosher-certified Chinese restaurants to choose from, so that even the most observant Jew can eat Chinese on Christmas............


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To: bigheadfred

Not quite.


21 posted on 12/24/2011 10:38:16 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: bigheadfred

Not quite.


22 posted on 12/24/2011 10:38:16 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: bigheadfred

Not quite.


23 posted on 12/24/2011 10:38:18 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: bigheadfred

Not quite.


24 posted on 12/24/2011 10:38:18 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: JoeProBono

Come, everyone knows we, we,.....ah hell, I’m Catholic.

The ones I know come over and enjoy the season with friends.


25 posted on 12/24/2011 10:38:25 PM PST by occamrzr06
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To: bigheadfred

I’ll hold you to that ‘cuz ya never know when I’ll finally snap....LOL

Merry Christmas to you too, Fred.


26 posted on 12/24/2011 10:39:55 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: Salamander


27 posted on 12/24/2011 10:40:41 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

BWAAAHAAAHAAA!!!!

Either let go of the post button or the post.

(Running for the rain suit)


28 posted on 12/24/2011 10:42:09 PM PST by bigheadfred (MERRY CHRISTMAS)
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To: bigheadfred

The multiple post was a boo-boo. Sorry.


29 posted on 12/24/2011 10:44:03 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Oh.

I thought you were yanking, ummm, my chain....


30 posted on 12/24/2011 10:45:45 PM PST by bigheadfred (MERRY CHRISTMAS)
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To: Yaelle
"It can be lonely. Sometimes there isn’t even anyone online. However, tomorrow our extended family has a big fun Chanukah party, so all will be well.

Wishing you and your whole family a Happy Chanukah, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year; Yaelle!

May you never feel lonely, your family happy and prosperous and your plates and glasses always be full!

31 posted on 12/24/2011 10:47:01 PM PST by voteNRA (A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
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To: JoeProBono

What do Jews do on Christmas? Not a whole lot!


32 posted on 12/24/2011 10:47:13 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: JoeProBono

Back atchya, Joe....:)


33 posted on 12/24/2011 10:48:04 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: JoeProBono

It’s hard to be a Jew on Christmas
My Friends won’t let me join in any games..
And I can’t sing Christmas songs
Or decorate a Christmas tree..
Or leave water out for Rudolph
Cos there’s something wrong with me..
My people don’t believe in Jesus Christ’s divinity..
I’m a Jew, a Lonely Jew.. on Christmas.

Hanukkah is nice, but why is it,
That Santa passes over my house every year?
And instead of eating Ham
I have to eat Kosher LATKEES..
Instead of Silent Night
I’m singing hou-hazch-tou-gavish..
And what the fuck is up
With lighting all these fucking Candles, tell me please?
I’m a Jew, a Lonely Jew..
I’d be merry but I’m Hebrew, on Christmas

Hey Little Boy, I can’t help but hear,
You’re feeling left out of Christmas Cheer..
But i’ve come to see that you shouldn’t be sad
‘Cos this is the one month that you shoud be glad..

Because it’s nice to be a Jew on Christmas
You don’t have to deal with the season at all..
You don’t have to be on your best behaviour, or give to charity
You don’t have to go to grandma’s house with your alcoholic family..
And I don’t have to sit on some fake Santa’s lap
And have him breathe his stinky breath on me!
That’s right! You’re a Jew, a Stylin’ Jew..
It’s a good time, to be Hebrew.. on Christmas.


34 posted on 12/24/2011 10:48:26 PM PST by sinanju
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To: Yaelle

In my family, we have some old friends who are Jewish and they always come over to share Christmas dinner with us. It’s nice because my family is very small and their family is spread across the globe from Israel to California.

This year, we are also inviting an elderly nun who is a long-time friend of both our families.


35 posted on 12/24/2011 10:50:13 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Um...you okay?

;]


36 posted on 12/24/2011 10:50:38 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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To: Salamander

;-{)


37 posted on 12/24/2011 10:50:38 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: JoeProBono
"There are two things we Jews are good at; suffering and where to find great Chinese food."

Benjy Stone, "My Favorite Year", 1982

38 posted on 12/24/2011 10:50:42 PM PST by sinanju
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To: JoeProBono

We saw a movie a a theater and now I am up working. Most Jews, like myself, end up working on Christmas, so the gentiles can have the day off. I work Easter too!


39 posted on 12/24/2011 10:50:50 PM PST by hoosierboy (I am not a gun nut, I am a firearm enthusiast!!!)
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To: JoeProBono

;]


40 posted on 12/24/2011 10:52:24 PM PST by Salamander (I'm your pain.....)
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