[miss marmelstein]

Blue laws were probably enacted before there was even a Republican Party. They go back to our religious founding.

Please, I’ve had close Jewish friends, had Jewish boyfriends and they never expressed this “constant irritant” thing. Christmas was finally about getting into a hit movie without waiting on line.

[wintertime]

Probably another factor is that I am not very enthusiastic about Christmas and expressed this sentiment. Christmas was a **huge** hassle since throughout undergrad and grad school there were final exams until the day before Christmas eve. It simply seemed insane to be preparing for Christmas in August. Perhaps this one of several reasons why my friends were willing to share their feelings about the holiday.

Please understand that this wasn't a **big** issue. It was a **mild** irritant and very far down on the list of issues that any of them cared about.

We had a handful of very observant Jews in the class. I was very very honored that each year before one of the important Jewish holidays they would “sell” all their property to me.

Once I was in practice I started looking for a church. I was very impressed by those Jewish friends who were orthodox in their belief. I considered investigating the Jewish religion but ultimately my husband and I were baptized into a Christian denomination. We have been faithful members for more than 30 years.