Happy Chanukah!
It's that time of year, the time for sorting
through piles of red and green crap to get to the two blue and white things on
the bottom of the pile.
It's tough to be a Jew in December. It's got to
be a lot tougher if you celebrate Kwanzaa or don't celebrate during this time of
the season at all. There is some American assumption that everyone celebrates
Christmas. If you don't, you are some kind of outcast. Try looking for a Menorah
this time of year, if you live in an area with a decent sized Jewish population
(ie: a major city), you'll have a few choices. You'll have a lot easier time
buying poinsettias or other less popular xmas crap. Chanukah is a fairly minor
holiday, but it is the only one that non-Jews have ever heard of. It is just
messed up.
I have a lot more to say
about this, but I gotta get home to light the candles! This time of year I get
especially grouchy about this subject, so I'll probably end up posting about
this again.
Happy Chanukah to everyone
who celebrates it, an early happy Kwanzaa, Greek Orthodox Christmas and winter
solstice to the rest of y'all!
Posted: Wed - December
8, 2004 at 08:06 PM
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