It means recognizing that we live in a Christian country and just dealing with it.
Well, it's difficult for me to argue with that sentiment. She is less angry about Christmas and more angry about the christmasization of Hanukkah.
Unfortunately for her (and everyone else who values their own culture), she's fighting a losing battle. Christmas is fun, Hanukkah isn't, and winter is miserable. Thus, most of her fellow Jews are going to embrace the christmasization of Hanukkah because they're bored and want fun.
This is not a fringe group; this is a huge portion of our community. The 2021 Pew Research Study found that fully 42% of married American Jews have non-Jewish spouses, 61% of those married since 2010.
I know one of those couples. Guess what's in their window right now? Christmas lights.
Yep. A Jewish friend of mine practices Christmas w/ his kids b/c he doesn't want them missing out on toys and fun. I got him a menorah tree-topper that he thought was hilarious. His wife just rolled her eyes at me =P
Christmas itself is a blatantly pagan celebration lurking underneath a hastily cobbled mask of monotheism.
The christianization of europe couldn't kill the celebration, and that menorah tree topper is ultimately no more ridiculous than an angel - they're both semitic monotheistic symbols slapped ontop of blatant germanic paganism.
Well, it's difficult for me to argue with that sentiment. She is less angry about Christmas and more angry about the christmasization of Hanukkah.
Unfortunately for her (and everyone else who values their own culture), she's fighting a losing battle. Christmas is fun, Hanukkah isn't, and winter is miserable. Thus, most of her fellow Jews are going to embrace the christmasization of Hanukkah because they're bored and want fun.
I know one of those couples. Guess what's in their window right now? Christmas lights.
Yep. A Jewish friend of mine practices Christmas w/ his kids b/c he doesn't want them missing out on toys and fun. I got him a menorah tree-topper that he thought was hilarious. His wife just rolled her eyes at me =P
Christmas itself is a blatantly pagan celebration lurking underneath a hastily cobbled mask of monotheism.
The christianization of europe couldn't kill the celebration, and that menorah tree topper is ultimately no more ridiculous than an angel - they're both semitic monotheistic symbols slapped ontop of blatant germanic paganism.