Those darn Christmas carols

[flutes_and_fabric]

I usually keep it generic, but if I see someone wearing a blatantly Christmas oriented outfit, I will wish them a Merry Christmas. Same thing as if I saw someone wearing a yamika, I'd say have a happy Chanukka. And based on the fabric she was buying, she definitely celebrated the holiday, so I didn't expect to get the response I did Just because I'm Jewish doesn't mean I can't appreciate holiday spirit. I make cookies, and buy gifts and sing carols and play in the carol band. I love listening to the holiday stations

That being said I take every merry Christmas I get with a smile and a "have a happy holiday" back. I do, however, absolutely hate the random "Have a blessed day" or "God bless you" I get almost every day. Yeah, I'm a nice, happy, cheery person. Say thanks or goodbye, don't bring religion into it.

Oh, and I love when easter rolls around (we get to put out all the peeps and cute stuff). People ask me all the time what day easter is on. Well, I don't know. I just know there're peeps and they're good and egg hunts are fun. And then people ask why I don't know. Hehe, evil grin. I'm jewish, what's your excuse?

Generic is definitely the way to go when you're not sure.

[WhiteRose]

how DARE you tell someone to have a nice day?! what if they LIKE being pissy and miserable?! I'LL SUE YOU FOR THIS!!

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Hell, I'm an atheist, and if some random person chose to sing "Shall We Gather at the River" or "How Great Thou Art," I'd probably harmonize.

Offensitivity be damned.

(I love that word and hereby add it to my vocabulary."

[Imogene]

The Jews don't get to and you're probably making them feel bad about it

Er...? They don't 'get' to? Perhaps we stepped through a dimensional rift that changed the meaning of 'get'... those who celebrate Channukah choose not to celebrate Christmas, it's not a case of 'get'.

yamika

Yarmulke

what day easter is on

Sunday

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[flutes_and_fabric]

Yarmulke

Wow. Yeah, I spell terribly and when I'm not paying attention my brain goes into this auto pilot mode where it spells things how they sound. I looked back over the post and saw that and was just like...WTF was I doing? Hehe, this is why I never turn in papers without having my friend read them. She's a freaky spelling machine. Segueing (used spell check ) into something unrelated to this post, I found my first grade spelling book. I was an idiot...made up my own language apparently. Oh, and in the math section 9-6= a backwards 2. I could read music better than english. As a music ed. major I'm actually kinda proud...though I know shouldn't be.

[Imogene]

I looked back over the post and saw that and was just like...<snip> She's a freaky spelling machine. <snip>I found my first grade spelling book. I was an idiot...made up my own language apparently.

No biggie, it just hit me when I saw it. She's "freaky" because she's a spelling machine? Or she's a spelling machine who is "freaky"? Also, just because you made up your own language doesn't necessarily mean you were an idiot, hell, maybe your language was consistently... wrong? The important part would be the consistence.

[infinitemonkies]

No biggie, it just hit me when I saw it. She's "freaky" because she's a spelling machine? Or she's a spelling machine who is "freaky"? Also, just because you made up your own language doesn't necessarily mean you were an idiot, hell, maybe your language was consistently... wrong? The important part would be the consistence.

I firmly believe that Welsh, especially written Welsh, is not a valid form of human communication, but rather an incredibly elaborate joke the good people of Wales have been playing on the British for hundreds of years

[flutes_and_fabric]

No biggie, it just hit me when I saw it. She's "freaky" because she's a spelling machine? Or she's a spelling machine who is "freaky"? Also, just because you made up your own language doesn't necessarily mean you were an idiot, hell, maybe your language was consistently... wrong? The important part would be the consistence.

1. Both, if you knew her you'd agree
2. It's funny, because as a kid whatever I wrote must have made perfect sense to me, and now it took me half an hour to decipher what one of my essays was about. btw, it was about what to do in the case that you catch on fire. apparently you "rol to teh rit and rol to the laft." Most of my letters were either written backwards or upsidown. Someone mentioned something about that being a left handed person thing? I'll have to do some research on that.

[fumblebee]

I was in choirs all through school and we used to go to various shopping malls to sing carols or sing at tree lighting ceremonies etc. The school board wasn't too pleased with the "lack of diversity" in our musical choices and said that we were offending the non-christians who were members of the choir.


Meanwhile, it was my JEWISH friends who were usually the most excited about pulling out the Carols for Choirs books and singing all over town. They loved it (so did I - I'm a nut for good Christmas carols. Not a fan of the "popradio" christmas song stuff, but give me 4 part a-capella In Dulci Jubilo and I am in heaven :P - sorry I am a music geek) Plus we did sing a fair amount of music from other religions as well. We also sang at the lighting of one of the city's giant menorahs every year. We didn't sing carols there but bet your Aunt Fanny we did when it was a Christmas tree lighting ceremony :P

[Mr Hero]

I'll keep Christmas in my own way and you keep Christmas in yours.

[Pagan]

and I do believe I stole this from Bloom County..

OPUS!!!

IPeople ask me all the time what day easter is on. Well, I don't know. I just know there're peeps and they're good and egg hunts are fun. And then people ask why I don't know. Hehe, evil grin. I'm jewish, what's your excuse?

Honey, I'm BanDrui and even I know it's on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox.

Hell, I'm an atheist, and if some random person chose to sing "Shall We Gather at the River" or "How Great Thou Art," I'd probably harmonize.

Same here. Well, except for the atheist part....

Oh, and in the math section 9-6= a backwards 2. I could read music better than english.

It's a damn good thing I'm not drinking anything right now.

I firmly believe that Welsh, especially written Welsh, is not a valid form of human communication, but rather an incredibly elaborate joke the good people of Wales have been playing on the British for hundreds of years

They were in league with the Hawaiians. You know all the vowels that Welsh is missing? They're all in Hawaii.

I told someone that and they said "well, have a happy whatever-it-is-to-you!" <-- best qualifier ever!

I like that! Can I use it?

[powerboy]

Offensitivity

(I love that word and hereby add it to my vocabulary."

Same here. I like that word. I hate how PC, we all have to be now days.

[WhiteRose]

i'm an easygoing person, so i use happy holidays, and if anyone got mad at me for that i'd say "...happy christmachannuKwanzikaa?"

It's what someone said in highschool trying to make a term that could be used for everyone...

[Mike Taylor]

What luck? We have our own holidays and traditions. I've never felt bad about not celebrating christmas and I'm still weirded out that in the last few years consumerism has slipped into chanukah. When I was a kid each of my grandparents gave me the equivelent $5 u.s. and my great grandfather gave me double that and I considered myself lucky to have some shopping money.

The flip side of this happened to me when I work in Chicago. At a toy store (Build-A-Bear Workshop) where I used to work, we had a lot of Hassidic Jews who shopped with us regularly. They were SO happy that someone was acknowledging Hannukah in the midst of being bombarded with Christmas carols, Santa Claus, and baby Jesus.

[WhiteRose]

"NO! IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS! CELEBRATE JESUS! IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY! WORSHIP JESUS!"

^ Notalwaysright customer, in response to being wished a heartfelt happy channukuh....in response to being wished a happy christmas.