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Thursday, December 6, 2007
5:41:00 PM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment
A really interesting article in the New York Times today about how couples who are interfaith -- usually one is Christian, one is Jewish -- handle the holidays together, especially when there are children involved. It's not always a smooth fit:
When her sons were toddlers, Amy Manata, a Jewish woman with a Catholic husband, began conducting a silent war. In the months leading up to Hanukkah, she would ask the boys, now 4 and 6, which toys they wanted most, then bestow them at Hanukkah to ensure that it was a better holiday than Christmas.
She and her husband, Frank, who live in Skokie, Ill., are raising their sons with both Catholic and Jewish traditions. Still, with so much Christmas everywhere, “Hanukkah was sort of getting lost, and I felt like I couldn’t compete,” she said.
Ms. Manata willingly put up Christmas decorations, but she sometimes felt weird about the wreath on her front door and the tree in her living room. “Skokie was very Jewish when I was growing up,” she said. “I wasn’t in a house with Christmas lights until I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember feeling so uncomfortable about it, like it was a totally foreign place.” Years later, a tree in her own living room brought back some of those feelings.
Makes me glad my own holidays are relatively uncomplicated.
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5:41:00 PM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment
Have Yourself a Merry Little Interfaithmas
A really interesting article in the New York Times today about how couples who are interfaith -- usually one is Christian, one is Jewish -- handle the holidays together, especially when there are children involved. It's not always a smooth fit:
When her sons were toddlers, Amy Manata, a Jewish woman with a Catholic husband, began conducting a silent war. In the months leading up to Hanukkah, she would ask the boys, now 4 and 6, which toys they wanted most, then bestow them at Hanukkah to ensure that it was a better holiday than Christmas.
She and her husband, Frank, who live in Skokie, Ill., are raising their sons with both Catholic and Jewish traditions. Still, with so much Christmas everywhere, “Hanukkah was sort of getting lost, and I felt like I couldn’t compete,” she said.
Ms. Manata willingly put up Christmas decorations, but she sometimes felt weird about the wreath on her front door and the tree in her living room. “Skokie was very Jewish when I was growing up,” she said. “I wasn’t in a house with Christmas lights until I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember feeling so uncomfortable about it, like it was a totally foreign place.” Years later, a tree in her own living room brought back some of those feelings.
Makes me glad my own holidays are relatively uncomplicated.
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That was an interesting article. Being one that has always had a christmas tree with all the trimmings~I never gave it much thought about others who do not share this tradition. I didn't realize the struggles that couples have. It must also be very hard for the couples to try and make their extended families happy as well. The article really opened my eyes. Thank you for sharing the article.
Blessings~Donna
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12/6/07 6:54 PM
Right now I'm using red...
Looks like HELL in here. ;)