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Are You Offended by "Merry Christmas"?
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<blockquote data-quote="ryeaber" data-source="post: 59347412" data-attributes="member: 293383"><p>This used to be true, btw. Nowadays, not so much. My guess is that it's because of the commercialization of Christmas, and how that rolled over to Chanukkah. As more Jewish kids became secularized, and had non-Jewish friends, they would tell their parents that Jimmy next door just got a new bike, so why do I just get a sweater and school supplies?</p><p> </p><p> And that chocolate gelt? Terrible. Was only good for playing dreidel with. I think they've come out with better tasting ones, but back in the day? Blech.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Nowadays, parents generally give their kids small gifts for the first 7 days (the equivilent of stocking stuffers), and then one big gift on the last day.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> To answer the OP? No - doesn&#8217;t offend me, or anyone I know. I used to reply with a Happy Chanukkah or Gut Yontif (all encompassing "have a good holiday" in yiddish) and enjoy the look of surprise that it got me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ryeaber, post: 59347412, member: 293383"] This used to be true, btw. Nowadays, not so much. My guess is that it's because of the commercialization of Christmas, and how that rolled over to Chanukkah. As more Jewish kids became secularized, and had non-Jewish friends, they would tell their parents that Jimmy next door just got a new bike, so why do I just get a sweater and school supplies? And that chocolate gelt? Terrible. Was only good for playing dreidel with. I think they've come out with better tasting ones, but back in the day? Blech. Nowadays, parents generally give their kids small gifts for the first 7 days (the equivilent of stocking stuffers), and then one big gift on the last day. To answer the OP? No - doesn’t offend me, or anyone I know. I used to reply with a Happy Chanukkah or Gut Yontif (all encompassing "have a good holiday" in yiddish) and enjoy the look of surprise that it got me. [/QUOTE]
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