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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I spent part of my afternoon lending de facto backup to the first and third grade Brownie troops who went caroling at the bin.

The Girl Scouts are technically a Christian organization (though they let all faiths in) so I'm not surprised they went with Silent Night.

When I was a kid we sang all the Jesus songs in a Winter chorus thingy. My parents weren't happy about it but they didn't throw a fit. They explained to me our deal regarding Jesus and allowed me to continue singing, thank goodness. I didn't want to be the odd kid out, and I loved chorus.

The majority celebrates Christmas and there's no way anyone can deny that. If I decided to have a problem with it I'd be a very unhappy person. I do get frustrated by some aspects (mostly the Xmasization of Hanukkah) but I have learned to let it go. I do want to be included in parties and hand out my own gifts at the end of the year to remind others that I'm thinking of them. I understand fully that I'm manipulating labels of things in order to suit my own purposes, and that in the end I AM Xmas shopping. I live here, and I choose to participate in the fun aspects that have nothing to do with Jesus.

That said - I will never again participate in Secret Santas, no matter what. I always got supposedly secular things like angels and stars and green and red junk, the sad sack who picked me has a hell of a time shopping, and I sincerely don't want to buy actual Xmas junk for someone else, so it's in everyone's best interest if I just back the fvck out.

I say Merry Christmas to everyone that comes in to the library.

And that concludes my entire stance on being Jewish in December