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Bah, Chrismukkah


I’m so conflicted about this. Actually, I’m not conflicted about it. I’m pained by the growth in its usage and existence.

Why? Because Chanuka and Christmas aren’t the same, shouldn’t be confused and hold a special place in their respective religions.

Why can’t people respect that? Why the compulsion to combine the two into something else? Why is it so hard to explain the distinctions and distinctly different holidays to children and adults? What are people of afraid of?

There is no legitimate religion that combines Judaism and Christianity (I do not support Jews for Jesus or the Evangelical attempts to embrace Jews for the sake of provoking the second coming).

I’m sorry. Call me Scrooge. But I don’t find Chrismukkah cute or funny. I just don’t.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:10 pm October 12th, 2005 in Politics 

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6 Responses to “Bah, Chrismukkah”

  1. 1 Jim on October 13th, 2005 1:05 am

    Unitarian-Universalism has successfully combined the best of both Judaism and Christianity and you’ll be pleased to know that, in the Cleveland area, its churches can only be found in the suburbs. ;)

  2. 2 Jeff Hess on October 13th, 2005 7:42 am

    Shalom Jill,

    We lost control of Hanuka the moment we bought the first Hanuka present.

    The religion is called Consumerism.

    Remember Christmahanukwanzkah ?

    B’shalom,

    Jeff

  3. 3 Jill on October 14th, 2005 2:03 pm

    Jim – Thank you for that information. Yes, of course re: Unitarianism. One of my college roommates was raised as a Unitarian and I confess, all I’ve ever known about it is what I imagine most people who don’t know much about it, know about it: it’s a combo of everything.

    However, I will take the liberty of asking: how do you define “best” when figuring out what you want to keep from the other religions!!?? To define that word, you have to have some common absolutes – based in dogma or something – that you’re looking to support, yes?

    Do you have a site or something to which you could refer me, so I could read more about it? Would Belief.net be an adequate source?

    Thanks for your input.

  4. 4 Jill on October 14th, 2005 2:06 pm

    Jeff –

    I have never heard of that or seen that before. Wow. Just shaking my head. I so don’t want to be judgemental, but it’s hard to wrap my head around some of these mutations, and yet, isn’t any set of beliefs just a compilation of thoughts that a group agrees represents its sentiments and morals and ideals?

    Ugh.

    Doesn’t anyone else ever think about just how much of who you are and what you believe is informed by chance, even when you get out there and seek out more experience?

  5. 5 Jim on October 14th, 2005 5:21 pm

    Jill, determining what’s best about any religion is a personal value judgment. A dogma isn’t necessary. In fact, it can cause conflict as too few people follow the dogma of their church to the letter. I encourage you to revisit the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau or Thomas Jefferson, as each of them practiced in the UU church and attributed the experience as a source for their writings.

  6. 6 Jill on October 14th, 2005 7:16 pm

    Re-visit is too kind a word, given how little I remember about each of those three gentleman. But I look forward to heeding your advice.

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