This Festival of Lights has come and gone without me lighting the Menorah even once. Being all by my Jewish self has caused my desire for hording candles to overcome tradition. I guess I should bring out the Jew in me and have a small fire in my living room tonight.

So, I caught wind of a handful of email forwards before the holidays; The “Taking the Christ out of Christmas” type stuff. I didn’t pay much attention to it all, at least not before Christmas had come and gone. Now, I’d like to speak my mind on a little of it. Here I am, very much Jewish and also Christian, having celebrated and planning on continuing to celebrate BOTH Christmas AND Hanukkah. I don’t much care whether all the hype during this season started because of Christmas, Hanukkah, or Saturnalia we all want to enjoy the season now, and we should have every right to; ALL of us.
And Christians of all people should know enough to be at least a little respectful of others. If I want to call the tree I stick in my living room a Hanukkah Bush, you really shouldn’t feel threatened, nor threaten me in return.