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We eat, of course.
But here’s a little more from About.com’s Judaism’s guide, Lisa Katz:
A Jewish ceremony for celebrating Thanksgiving
Should Jews celebrate Thanksgiving?
Finally, I read about how a group called Liberty Counsel created a list of naughty and nice stores. According to that press release, “The list catalogs retailers who either censor or recognize Christmas…This list is compiled of information gathered by individual consumers and is updated whenever new information is received.”
What’s interesting is that there’s no mention in the Liberty Counsel materials of how Chanuka occurs from Dec. 4 through Dec. 11, meaning that some shops may be using the word Chanuka now, before Thanksgiving, and not yet using the word Christmas strictly because of the calendar. I would just think that this list, to be fair – since I suspect a group with the words “liberty” and “counsel” in it would be interested in fairness, would call up the retailers to find out what their policies are from now through Dec. 31 (or whatever the Liberty Counsel considers the cutoff date to be re: when it’s okay to change to Valentine’s Day nomenclature).
As I’ve mentioned before, last year was one of the years in which Chaunka and Christmas actually overlapped on the calendar. For groups like Liberty Counsel, that overlap would probably require more vigilance, or tsuris or something, since this year, there is at least a real separation, calendar-wise, that will leave Dec. 11 onward to just Christmas nomenclature, since Chanuka will have ended.
I don’t follow that stuff closely, but for those that do, I would wish that they noted such things. Not that it would make a difference necessarily, but I think it makes a difference.
Anyway – what also occurred to me while I was reviewing the info on Liberty Counsel’s website was, should there be another list – a list of retailers who are the best because they include nomenclature that respects everyone’s occasions?
So, for example, you get a point for using Chaunka, a point for using Christmas, a point for Kwanzaa, for winter solstice and so on?
Because in this country so full of and always becoming more full of people who observe different and a variety of different occasions, which retailers – for better or worse – will always want to exploit, my definition of who is on the nice list would require them to, in fact, recognize everyone.
Doesn’t it seem odd, on this day of Thanksgiving, to think about how retailers who exclude recognition of observances would be on a “nice” list and retailers who include more than just Christmas or refer to the spate of occasions that occur at this time of year as “holidays” (which they all are) are on the “naughty” list?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:45 am November 22nd, 2007 in Culture, Religion
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Falwell’s Christofascist university give points for Kwanzaa? Have you lost your ever-loving mind? Seriously. Call a f***tard spade a f***tard spade and leave it at that. You think it coincidence that they are located in LYNCHburg, VA? These people don’t want “religious freedom”. The Christian right is about what all fundamental Christianity has always been: conversion.
If it were true “religious freedom” you’d see them advocate for a Muslim every now and then. I couldn’t find it though.
Bageant’s American Hologram is real and I’ve not got the time nor the inclination to patronize this brand of fossilized theocratic exhortation. F*** them.
Oops – should I have used the sarcasm scale?
I’ve never heard of Bageant’s American Hologram but will google it.
no need to put a scale disclaimer on it. i know the deal…just couldn’t resist.
Eric – I swear – you are going to make me crazy – well, crazier, yanking me all the time! Holly has got to be a very special person!