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What do Jews do for Xmas? What do Jews do for Christmas? This is a questions which Jews get asked. And national newspapers and TV programmes looking for a new angle on Christmas hunt out different ways of celebrating major holidays. If you want to know you could also check restaurants and delis to see when they are open. I found what looks like Christmas pudding in a UK Jewish deli labelled vegetarian pudding. Americans sells Xmas pudding all year but call it plum pudding. Just a selection of ideas I've come across: 1 Send out cards saying Season's Greetings or Happy Holidays or Happy New Year. 2 Give each other Christmas presents of CDs playing Kletzmer or Yiddish or Ladino music. 3 Dress up as Santa Claus to visit 's wards in hospitals and stand in for others so Christians can have the day off. (Of course Christians reciprocate by taking over the shifts of Jews on Jewish holidays.) 4 Avoid the question by going away somewhere hot so it doesn't feel like Xmas e.g sit on the beach on Xmas day in Australia, or by the swimming pool in a hotel in India, or go away to Spain where Christmas is celebrated on Jan 6th. 5 Get multi-cultural and sit tucking into Xmas dinner discussing the fact that it's a pagan mid-winter festival, whilst playing CDs of Xmas carols. 6 New for 2007 in the UK - all religions - buy presents on Xmas day on line in the Xmas day sales. Any other ideas? What about other times you are in a country celebrating different festivals on different days? What do westerners do in Malaysia during Ramadan when you can't eat during daytime? Look for a Chinese restaurant with lights on. Any other ideas? What else have you heard of? |
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