Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to my Christian readers. (Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish readers.)

A few old thoughts of mine about Jews and Christmas. In paragraph 6, I suggest that Jews should volunteer on Christmas to take the place of Christians who want to celebrate the holiday. In this article from the Rockville Gazette, we see that in action. (Bonus: The Muslims are participating, too.)

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Grumpy

Does the fact that I can't stand the Christmas songs that are pretty nearly ubiquitous these days make me an anti-semite? (I don't vouch for the accuracy of the list, by the way.) How about this issue: Why is it that, on average, the more religious the Christmas song, the better it is as music and the less religious it is, the more annoying it is? Can you say "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"?

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The gift season

Now that we're past Black Friday, death toll approximately one, it's time to focus on gifts for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever holiday the wiccans are currently planning for.

Dave Barry has his annual gift guide, which I find rather disappointing this year. Judge for yourself.

It's hard to believe Dave Barry left this off his list: Talking TP.

Even NBC mentioned it on the Today Show, along with a few other novelty gifts. You can see the video here.

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