Thoughts on being Jewish: Merry Christmas (If You Happen to Celebrate Today)

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas (If You Happen to Celebrate Today)

Roughly 35 years ago, I had an eye-opening conversation with a Greenwich High School classmate. This was the first school year I'd ever gone to a public school - prior to that I attended a Jewish Day School. I had plenty of non-Jewish friends on my block, so I thought we lived in harmony, knowing about each other's holidays; until I had this conversation; Me; Have a Merry Christmas, Buffy. Buffy; You, too. Me: Thanks, but I don't celebrate Christmas, I'm Jewish. Buffy: You don't celebrate... Sign in to see full entry.

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