[Paved Paradise]

One of the things about this I never, ever, ever get is that Christmas is a holy day. We are celebrating the advent and birth of Christ at this time. Hannukah, meanwhile is not a holy day like Yom Kippur or Passover. I think Hannukah is a joyous and wonderful celebration but even religious Jews will admit it is not a religious day in the sense others are to them. OY.

[TheCrusader]

"One of the things about this I never, ever, ever get is that Christmas is a holy day. We are celebrating the advent and birth of Christ at this time. Hannukah, meanwhile is not a holy day---"

You are correct, there is no comparison whatsover between Christmas and hannukah; the former is an extremely important holy day to its followers, the latter simply is not. This being the case, it's fairly easy to determine that some people are using 'hannukah' as an instrument to take the joy out of Christmas by attacking it and suppressing it. But alas, they tried to suppress Christ 2,000 years ago by crucifying Him, and that didn't work. Some folks just never learn.

[Suzy Quzy]

Jews have a holiday where TEENAGERS set up a BONFIRE...no adults allowed....are we going to have THAT now??

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"Hannukah, meanwhile is not a holy day like Yom Kippur or Passover."

Yeah, it only celebrates miracles that led to the restoration of the Temple.

Not a big deal, right.

If the temple hadn't been restored by the Maccabees, Jesus wouldn't have had anywhere to throw his temper tantrum.

[thinking]

Hanukkah, is the celebration of a victory, in a war...in other words it is the celebration of the defeat, of a enemy....NOW, Christmas is the celebration of the birth a baby, who, would become a Saviour....please tell me how one can compare the two occasions...how do we celebrate in a "joyous" frame of mind for two very different situations....