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JEWISH ON CHRISTMAS! What Jewish People Do on Christmas?!
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2018
- What is it like to being a Jew on Christmas? Do Jews celebrate Christmas? What do Jewish people actually do on Christmas? I'm here to answer all your questions and tell you what it's really like! I saw the Buzzfeed video for this and wanted to give my personal take.
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My #Hanukkah 🕎 gift guide 🎁 for 2019 is LIVE! myjewishmommylife.com/2019/11/14/the-hanukkah-gift-guide/
love it Marion thanks for the gift ideas ! cannot wait for the chanukkah fairy! (its the middle of summer : p
Hi Marion! You are such a sweetie...this was a cute video !!! As a Christian, I can say from the heart that I LOVE Jewish people and I find your customs fascinating. Regardless of our differences, you are God’s chosen people. Keep those videos coming, my dear! You have become one of my top 3 favorite RUclipsrs, but I’m sure it has nothing to do with your absolutely adorable angel-on-earth son Max !!! Sending much love...🤣😘❤️
Oh wow thank you so much for the lovely compliment, that is so very kind of you!!
Christ lived as a Jew, however He was not Jew-ish and He Himself did not celebrate Christmas; He celebrated Hanukkah! Christmas is a selfish celebration of capitalism - means nothing to Christ - who is the real Jew. Shalom to you
Susan Brown
That is SO sweet of you. Merry Christmas. and may the Lord bless you and your Family
we Definitely need more people like you.
thank you I am Jewish and it warmed my heart!
Please don’t hesitate to watch “119 ministries” on RUclips you’re one of us your grafted in there’s no difference as long as there is genuine change of your soul and spirit I encourage you to learn about your Jewish identity in yeshuah I was born gentile but abandoned By my parents and taken in under the guidance of rabbis and raised by Jews it’s all I’ve ever known I was removed by HaShem I am convinced and very very young I would say about 1st grade is when G_d was working to rescue me I barely remember celebrating Christmas but it’s all negative memories it’s okay it comes from Yuletide a pagan holiday anyways I’m glad G_d left the 99 to find me I don’t know why he would but I guess he’s just that good I was taken from pastors my parents who fell from G_d and ended their ministry but thank you to HaShem that a messianic Jewish family took me and ran
Tonight, as I listen to your channel, I’m making my first Hanukkah decorations! Last year was the final Christmas for our family to celebrate. After learning the roots of Christmas, we decided that God wouldn’t be pleased by us celebrating it. This past spring, my husband dragged our gorgeous brand new tree to the curb for the trash. It definitely is a challenge not celebrating anymore when it’s been a huge part of your entire life. Thanks for sharing! We will be hitting up the best Chinese restaurant on Christmas Day and making new family traditions and memories!
This was such an interesting perspective. 💗
I’m Christian but really enjoyed watching how you celebrate Hanukkah. Very special! 😊 Keep up the great work on your channel.
Thank you so much! And I love seeing how you and other Christian RUclipsrs celebrate Christmas!!
As a Jewish man I really don't see many RUclips channels. It really means a lot.
So glad to hear it!
I always say that my 4yo daughter has Christmas FOMO 😂One tradition we have is we try to get together at some point in December with some close friends that do celebrate Christmas and my daughter can enjoy their tree, decorations, etc. We explain to her that it's a mitzvah to help other people celebrate their holidays and to learn about other religions. We try not to compensate for Christmas with Hanukah because, as you said, the holiday isn't as significant. This year, we've been talking to her a lot about how lucky we are to have Shabbat, an amazing holiday that comes every week. Great video as always!!
I love that so much!! That is such a good life lesson and way to go about it! Last year for the first time I was invited to a Christmas Eve celebration and it was just lovely to see it "in real life" and be part of the joy.
Loved this-sharing joy and love is the heart of Christmas! Just as you love seeing our traditions, I enjoy seeing and learning about Jewish holiday traditions
I’m not Jewish but I grew up keeping all of the feast days and know that feeling of what do you on Christmas Day. The feast of Tabernacles is our biggest gift giving season annually for my family. All is well. Thanks for letting us know about the Chinese restaurants being open on Christmas Day. We may have to check that out where we live. Keep up the good work and great videos lady.
Thank you so much for watching and so interesting to hear about what you did growing up!
My ex boss was Jewish, he told me that as xmas day is a public holiday, he would have a family get together and cook the British traditional Xmas meal (turkey, kosher of course!). Most of my Muslim friends do the same thing as well! Congratulations on the birth of your son. Elay 🇬🇧
Marion, I love all of your videos but this one was so wonderful. I so appreciate your honesty and seeing a Jewish point of view about Christmas! I always had some Jewish envy because the celebrations were so closely connected to specific traditions (but as a kid, I so desperately wanted to go to summer camp with all of my Jewish friends when I knew my parents never could afforded to send me to a summer camp). As a Christian child, Christmas was such a magical time, but now as an adult and mother it’s hard to balance a Christ centered Christmas with American/Santa christmas. Loved your thoughts and I am sure if you ever had a tree it would be absolutely beautiful! 😉 I love that your husband humors you with it 😂❤️
Thank you so much for your very kind comment, I really appreciate it! I'm sure Christmas takes on all sorts of different meanings and traditions as you grow up, that is such an interesting thing to think about.
You are adorable!! Thank you for sharing what a lot of non Christians feel about Christmas with honesty.
Aww thank you so much, I'm so glad to hear you liked the video!
You are delightful! I enjoy watching your channel. So, I celebrate both Hannukah and Christmas! I recently found out I had Jewish ancestry and have always felt a connection with the Jewish people, so now I light the mennorah and recite the blessings.
As a CandE christian (Christmas and Easter!) but growing up I was always kinda jealous of my Jewish friends. I don’t know, I’m such a holiday person and my Jewish friends had so many cool holidays with so many deeply meaningful messages behind them. I just got Christmas and the Easter bunny. It probably was a grass is always greener thing. Now I appreciate the fact that I get Christmas and try to get invited to as many Hanukkah parties as possible.
Cringe😅
I always thought it was because they were too tight to buy presents for Christmas.🤦🏻♂️
Thank you so much for sharing this part of your life with us. Hugs
I loved this video! Growing up my parents really attempted to make Chanukah a bigger deal to balance the Christmas celebrations. We had a GIANT dreidel (like you could fit a toddler in it) and my parents would put a gift in it each night. However, I was raised to really participate in lots of cultural traditions without believing in other religions. I was taken caroling and went yearly to one family’s Christmas morning. I knew that it wasn’t my religion but that we could help other folks celebrate and join in for the fun. Now my Christian husband has us with a tree (sometimes I’m a little torn about it) but he says the prayers over the menorah with me every night as well. I love having non-Jewish friends over to celebrate Jewish traditions because enjoying each other’s culture is all part of our amazing world.
Allie. Celebrating both is the way to go. Christmas is my most favorite holiday of the year. I count down the days to it each year. There's nothing wrong whatsoever with celebrating both. People need to lighten up and enjoy the holidays enjoy the festivities have fun.
Aww thanks Allie, I really love the idea of a giant dreidel lol I don't think I've ever seen one!!
If it makes you feel better about the Christmas tree, it's maybe the most Pagan of many Pagan elements of Christmas. In fact it's kind of ironic that in English it is called Christ-mas, as its imagery originates from old Celtic and Norse myths.
Your Christmas hat story was hilarious. My inlaws are Jewish and my husband so I converted. My Jewish mother in law told me she always wanted a Christmas tree! She said her mom, used to sing all the Christmas carols! When my husband was 6 or so his Jewish Dad took him to see Santa. On Christmas we went to the movies too! On Christmas Eve, my husband owned a store, and he and his parents and I all went to Red Lobster on Christmas Eve after they worked hard in their store! Then dont forget, you guys celebrate New Years Eve like we do with Jewish family and friends! Thanks for your delightful videos!
We do Chinese food and relax. Love seeing neighbors celebrate with their family. It’s a fun and great day. I do love all the sales helps me get ready for next Chanukah 🕎😊
Aww totally!! Totally love the sales too!
I am loving that sweatshirt you're wearing, looks so cozy!
Old navy!
I want to say that I love your videos. I became a widow last year and my 3yo son and I celebrate everything by ourselves, as my family of origin is Catholic. Your videos make me excited for everything from Shabbat to all the holidays, and it's not easy for me to be happy or excited about anything anymore. This year though, the last days of Channukah fall on Christmas and my family will, if not participate, then stand there and humor me while I pray and light the candles. I like that Joseph will celebrate all of these holidays (his little "Shaht Shawome" on Friday evening service never fails to make people fawn, LOL) I want him to have that connection to both my family's traditions and our own as a new, two person family. I don't think we will do many presents because he'll be lavished with them by the grandparents already, but I'm going to make everything meaningful and fun. You give great tips on everything, thank you. 🙂
As someone who was raised in a mixed-faith household, I had my birthday, Chanukah, and then Christmas all in one month. It was a wild month for presents and cash.
Oh my goodness sounds like it!!
Ahh you’re such a sweet person! So funny that this was randomly recommended to me in the middle of June and I’m not even Jewish… but I’m happy it was!
Love this video! I'm Catholic and I've always wondered what other cultures did for Christmas as in Ireland there isn't a very big Jewish community. Love that you totally embrace the holiday, wish we could enjoy other religions traditions aswell x
Aww thank you so much, I'm so glad to hear you liked the video!
Catherine Reel Judaism is not a “tradition “. It’s an actual RELIGION that existed long before Christianity and Islam-combined
Hi Marion! I always enjoy your videos so much. I am a Christian, and I found you while searching for RUclips content about various Jewish holidays and how they are celebrated today. You're a great resource, and I thank you for that. I also thank you for your warm and open spirit. I was taught from childhood to love and respect all Jewish people because they are God's chosen people, so I'm always interested in your perspective on things. Many years ago I worked for an attorney who was Jewish, and she told me that Jewish people always go to the movie theater on Christmas Day as it was usually the only place that was opened. We used to have the most wonderful discussions about our faith and how we practiced it and why. I'll close by sharing a funny story about Christmas Eve in the South. My mother (who is now deceased) and my in-laws lived in the same metropolitan area, so we were always challenged to figure out how to celebrate the holidays with both parents. As I am an only child, it was easier for us to move my celebration of Christmas with my mom to Christmas Eve since my husband's larger family had also always celebrated all the gift giving and huge meal on Christmas Day. By the time my children were born, my mother was over cooking a big meal. So, the challenge became finding a restaurant and going out to eat on Christmas Eve. And, as you well know, the only place you could go was to a Chinese restaurant. So, that became part of our Christmas Eve tradition with my mother. My children were in their early 20s before they realized that EVERYONE did NOT go out to a Chinese restaurant on Christmas Eve when some of their friends thought that was the strangest thing they'd ever heard of! But, we have done it so long now (long after my mother's passing) that now it doesn't seem like Christmas Eve if we don't have Chinese food - I don't know what we'll do this year with the pandemic - I guess we'll order delivery or something! Just thought that story might give you a giggle!
Wow thank you for sharing all of this! I especially love the Chinese restaurant story, that's such a small world moment! So glad you found my channel.
I enjoy watching your videos so much! I look forward to seeing new videos on Pesach!!!! I know it is a few months away, but it is my favorite holy day!
Thank you so very much! It does seem far away but it will be here before we know it I'm sure!
I feel the same way about Jewish tradition. All the lovely holidays and traditions. Such devotion. Unfortunately, I can't deny who I am, and can only admire from a distance. Thank you for all of your effort. Be well.
Thank you for your kindness and gentleness. I love it.
So nice of you to say! Thanks for watching!
I love that I found your channel! I recently found out through 23 and me that I’m 13.8% Ashkenazi Jewish and I find myself trying to find out more about this unknown piece of myself! My favorite teacher growing up was my 4th grade teacher and she was Jewish. She loaned me a book series called All-of-a-kind family and those were some of my favorite books! Anyway just wanted to say hello and I’m loving what I’m learning from your videos!
Wow I haven't done 23 and me yet but I'm really curious to try it out (what if I'm not even Jewish?! lol!) but that is lovely to hear and thank you for watching!
My Jewish Mommy Life if I’m being completely honest I wouldn’t recommend my uncle did it and his results came back 99.9% white ashkenazic jew😂
Love this! Cute idea, Marion!!
Thank you Erica!
Another Christian viewer here. Loved this and I love your videos!!! Keep teaching us about Judaism! ❤️
Thank you!
Great video! I really would love to make some Jewish friends. Loved the Santa Hat story!
“Christmas envy!”
That’s so funny! 😅😂 I used to have “Hanukkah envy,” because my best friend’s mom was Christian, and dad was Jewish, so she got to celebrate both holidays! 😊
I’ve always wondered what people who don’t celebrate Christmas do the day of because everything is usually closed. Thanks for explaining it!
Any time!
Hi! Thank you for sharing and you have a so sweet spirit 😊💕
And off topic: love your bed and colors, so elegant and my colors for interior is grey, white and a lot of light pink 😊
Blessings from Norway, Johanne 😊
Thank you SO much!! We just got the new bedding so I love to hear you think it's nice!!
Yesssss.... I CAN IDENTIFY! It’s Chinese food and friends for us too!
Aww yay I knew there'd be some other folks out there like me!
For me I love having Chinese food with family and friends and then go to a movie on Christmas. Strange, these years I see many Christians doing the same instead of going to church.
i'm Jewish&A Born-Again Christian&A Roman Catholic!&I'm Still-HAPPY!-Raymond 'Mike" Hong!&(I Enjoy-Your Video-About Jewish Experiences&Thanks&Good Luck!-Mike!)😎👍!!!!!!!!!
Your so lovely 😀💕 Christmas is a lovely Holiday and so is Hannukah. We celebrate Christmas but I would love to celebrate Hannukah 💕 I think the traditions you have a great and I am glad you like the Christmas lights that's my favourite part too 😀💕x x
Totally agree, it's so nice to have both holidays around lifting spirits during the cold dark winter months.
Very understandable and relatable! I have talked with Indian Christians with similar feelings about Dewali.
Signed, another Christian that enjoys your videos.
I am Jewish and that is exactly what I do but sometimes my family go on holiday and a go around that time i celebrate channukkah to its fullest as well
Love the video. I keep meaning to make a video about how to help your kids with Christmas envy. Hopefully I’ll get it up soon.
That's a great idea you totally should! Max is too young for it just yet but I'm sure we'll have to face it soon enough.
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That’s so funny about Chinese food on Christmas! I’m Jewish and that’s what we used to do! When my son was growing up, he would get a small Chanukah gift every night. We would light the Menorah, sing sons, and just enjoy the bright holiday, like you said, when it was cold and dreary out. Well that was a long time ago, so now I celebrate with one or two Jewish friends,,mostly out for Chinese or Asian food. I want to wish you and your family a very bright, and happy Chanukah this year,,,especially with that beautiful new baby,,,Mazel Tov!! PS, when I was single I used to go to Christmas Mass with my Italian girlfriend,,,and celebrate Christmas with her in NYC. I love all the decorations, the stores, looking at the trees in the Malls, every Christmas,,and the lighting of the gigantic Menorah!!
Thanks for the video
I put lights around my house and put up my Christmas tree in the living room near the window. I do love getting presents and finding gifts in stockings. Down here, we only see Santa Claus in malls. I would like watch Christmas movies and wrap up presents for my friends. And I do get Chinese food. Chow mein is my favorite. And I do love blue and white too. The balls you were saying are called ornaments. Honestly, I celebrate Christmas and that's okay. But I do love the Hanukkah traditions.
I don’t celebrate Christmas either but the holiday is fun to watch and be a spectator. The hallmark type movies are great to watch. When I go shopping the songs get stuck in my head which makes me go crazy cuz I can’t get them back out! 😂 I love seeing the lights and how people decorate their lawns. At work there’s so much food around, especially cakes and sweets. I feel like I gain 5 lbs on the holidays even though I don’t celebrate! Christmas is very exhausting too for many people. There’s too much to be done. So I guess that folks like us maybe get the best of it.
omg hannukah is my absolute fave holiday!!! every day I make a cute diy or craft w my kids, when we light the menorah we either play a game as a family or have a hannukah treat, I decorate the living room (where we light the candles) w all kinds of cool stuff-nothing like Christmas tho either lol, I serve dinner in special plates so it's a party every night...omg can u tell I love it? 🤣😍
Another great video. I am a follower of Christ and I celebrate His birth at Christmas in a mighty way, with great thankfulness and joy! To address the legalists below here, it is for freedom that Christ set us free. :-) Anyway, I adore you and your lifestyle and your heart and your videos! You are precious! The love inside of you pours out of this screen; many Christians or so-called Christians could use a whole tutorial from you on what love is and how to convey it. God bless you and your beautiful family!
Wow thank you so much for the very very kind comment, I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a New Year full of all good things!
@@MyJewishMommyLife Smiling so big. Hugs.
I would love to see a vlog of how enjoy Christmas! Also, the light rating game is a tradition in my family as well. 😁
Lol do you do it the same way?! I think a score for effort is important as I do value people trying even if it doesnt always look the best in the end!
I’ve enjoyed all of your Hanukah videos. We are Christian, but we never had big Christmas gifts. For several years my dad worked in a department store as head of their maintenance department and would either forget to buy gifts or run out of time. Those few years our gifts were mostly left over employee gifts that no one had taken that he grabbed on his way home...as an 11 year old I did not appreciate the alarm clock, picture frame or T-shirt with their store logo all over it as a gift. Now I laugh thinking back on those memories 😂 We also grew up eating latkes, my grandmother was of German decent so I don’t know if it’s just a German thing as well or maybe they were Jewish generations ago. I’m going to have to go track down her old recipes and see if we have it, it’s been years since we made them but I’m craving some after seeing them in your vlogs! ☺️
Aww that story of your dad is sweet, I can totally picture it but totally understand how as a kid it would be less than thrilling! I totally think a lot of foods we think of Jewish today are really just Eastern European!
Hi! Not Jewish, but love watching your videos 😃 I really enjoyed this one because I always wondered! Thanks for sharing! ☺️
That is so lovely to hear! Thank you for letting me know!
We are moving away from celebrating Christmas...it’s hard because we love it too! But I just don’t want my kids focused on it. I loved your perspective! We do celebrate Hanukkah though!!
Thank you so much, I'm so glad to hear you liked the video! I hope you and your family find what works for you!
We are Christian but my daughter expressed interest in learning about Hanukkah after reading a book called Hanukkah in Alaska. I told her all I knew. I made latkes (as authentic as I could) and we talked. She also loves hearing Jewish people “pray/sing” I’m Hebrew. She even tries to mimic it (I obviously don’t know how to speak it so I can’t help her there)
And I was actually curious about dreidels.
Thank you for your honest but also your kindness ❤❤❤
I'm Catholic and I really enjoy your channel! I love celebrating Christmas and the purpose of Christmas is love. Hence, as Catholic, I invite you to enjoy X-Mas and if you can, take part of it! 🎄🎁 Would love to see a vlog on how you and your family spend Christmas ❤
That is so lovely to hear! I've been to a few Catholic mass services with friends and just love the music and tradition very much!
@@MyJewishMommyLife If we lived in the same country, I would love to have you over with your family to my family Christmas party since you have kindly invited us to yours! 🎄🎄🎄
Lol the level of gifts haha we used to get school clothes!
On Christmas Day I usually get together with my friends who live in Riverdale in the Bronx and we watch basketball all day because the first game starts at noon. Christmas was on Sunday last year and it also happened to be the last night of lighting Hanukkah candles so that was cool. Since Christmas was on Sunday it also meant FOOTBALL. This year it's on Monday so again we'll be able to watch football. On the subway ride up to Riverdale I took off my snow hat and I had a kippah on and a guy decked out in Christmas clothes said to me "Shalom!! Happy Hanukkah!!" and of course I smiled and said thank you. It was a very cool moment in all the craziness that goes on in NYC. I don't recall myself having any sort of Christmas envy. Now at the age of 21 I take pride in being Jewish on Christmas.
Oh I loved your story about the Santa hat. I’m new to your channel so I’m binging all of your videos! I always think of the Christmas decorations as non religious, even being a Christian myself. I put everything decoration and Santa related as make believe because it’s trademarked by Coca Cola. A lot of people don’t go to church on Christmas and have trees, but they don’t even have the standard ornaments…and some people even leave the tree up until Valentine’s Day. I like what you all do on Christmas…I’m always over the food because it’s very similar to that of thanksgiving…so Chinese seems refreshing!!!
im not jewish but i use to work in a jewish day care, im a christian. it was fun to see the jewish traditions and to learn all about the holidays. Thanks to that i learned how to say some jewish prayers and some of the songs and the traditions. love your channel!
That's so nice to hear, it seems to always be the case that the more we learn about others the more connected we feel to them. I love learning about other religion's holidays and traditions too!
My husband's family decorates for winter instead of Christmas. They put up snowflake decorations and lights, and the let it snow decor because they have grandkids that aren't Jewish...and they didn't want those grandkids to be so confused when visiting during the holiday season. They also incorporate some Hanukkah decorations in there with all of the snow themed stuff and of course they buy gifts for the little ones. The grandkids have never felt that they are missing out, and their house stays decorated so beautifully ALL winter since it isn't Christmas decor, its decor celebrating the winter season.
I totally grew up with Christmas envy, but in my house it was strictly forbidden. My Father's second wife turned out to be Catholic and all of a sudden my strictly Jewish Father turned into Jewish Santa. He made sure all the Christmas decorations were perfect and my Step Mother's tree was beautiful. He even learned to hang lights on the house. My kids grew up celebrating both holidays and loving it.
Cool story!
That's exactly the first question that comes to my mind when I think about Christmas 😂
I’m a Christian, and I think your videos are very interesting!
Thank you!
This was a great video and you are so sweet. Yes, Christmas is a really fun and overwhelming holiday. As far as the gift level, I think it really depends on each family. The newest trend is to really scale down the gifts. But my kids get a ton of presents and they are that ultimate level. Although I think most of their birthdays gifts are a bit scaled down. But it really depends on the family. I had to laugh because a few years ago my young son had Hanukkah envy. When I told him they have eight nights of Hanukkah and get a gift for eight nights. He responded wait eight nights of presents for Jewish kids and only one morning of Christmas gifts. I said yes. Then he blurted our I want to be Jewish. I just laughed and I said it did not work that way.
Lol that is too funny, clearly all kids love gifts!! I'm sure this will be a part of parenting we will experience as my son gets older, I havent quite figured out how to to explain it all to him yet but I'm sure with time it will just happen!
Aw that’s so sweet of you to work during the holidays to let your coworkers get time off!
Maybe one day the world will just decide to give everyone the week off lol! Like how everyone in Europe takes all of August off, at least that's what I hear!
Awww, I love this video😊😊😊☺☺
I am a Christmas day baby and we do celebrate Christmas and I love it but I also loved your video about it. yes, I get double the presents.
That's awesome!! Thanks!
As someone who celebrates Hanukkah and Christmas, my family tends to celebrate Hanukkah more. So on Christmas, for dinner we always go to a Chinese restaurant because they are the only restaurants open
Love it! Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!
I love your hair cut. It looks lovely.
I absolutely love this video, one of my best friend's is Jewish, and his family are reformed Jews, they put up a Christmas tree every, but most of the ornaments was of Jewish themes.... they typically used the tree as another extension of their Hanukkah celebration since Hanukkah and Christmas fall very close to each other
So glad you liked it and lovely to learn about your friend!
Christmas is exactly/almost a week away. I bet some Jewish families here in the States are already looking forward (or not) to their annual family get together at their favorite Chinese restaurants. This much joked about stereotype actually carries a factual basis. So why do Jewish Americans love Chinese food? Did they mistake wontons for kreplach? Let’s explore this fascinating topic together!
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I loved your video, thanks for sharing!
I was raised Catholic, and my parents divorced when I was 8 years old. My parents split the holiday, and my sister and I usually spent Christmas Eve with my dad and Christmas Day with my mom. That said, for may years, my dad took us to a movie early Christmas day. (Later, we'd do that on Christmas Eve before we opened presents.)
That's so funny! So it's not only Jewish people going to the movies on Christmas lol!
Yessssss do more vlogssss 😍😍😍😍
Aww thank you!
This is so beautiful and sweet! Much Love and Respect C. ❤👏👐✊
I’m converting to Judaism (Reform), and I made my own Chinese food and watched movies and stuff. I haven’t been a Christian in years and haven’t put up a tree in a long time. I find the overall meaning behind Hanukkah (fighting against forced assimilation) to be a wonderful thing especially as I have chosen Judaism for myself.
I recently saw that next year, Hallmark Channel will have two Hanukkah movies during their Countdown to Christmas ... So be ready for the Hanukkah movies coming at you soon 😂
Oh my gosh this just made my day!!!! This makes me SO excited, thank you for telling me!
@@MyJewishMommyLife Here's the article! people.com/tv/hallmark-channel-two-hanukkah-movies/
Love watching your videos so interesting as I don’t know any Jews but find them so fascinating 🥰😍
lol
Aww thank you! So glad you're finding my videos interesting!
There was this show on, quite awhile ago called, " The O.C." stood for Orange County in California. One of the characters was Jewish. He fashioned a yamukha (sorry if i mispelled it) with the colors of a santa hat. It looked like a yamukha, but the trim was white, the center was was n it had a little white ball in the center. The characters also mashed Christmas and Hannukah together, n called it "Christmukka". Hope you found that humerous, don't mean to offend.
So, you never got your Christmas unicorn?! Hehe (me neither). It is frustrating how much the schools focus on Christmas all December from a parenting perspective.
Our tendency is to build a blanket nest and watch LotR or the Hobbit on our projector and make our own Chinese food and popcorn.
We do have white garland lights around the window all December to bring more light on this darkest month.
Aww I love that idea of watching Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, nice long movies!!
Well watching LOTR is a sort of Christmas tradition in our family and I suspect many since 2001.
I always have Christmas Eve dinner and I invite my friends Jewish friends that they are not so religious and we have a lot of fun we enjoy very much
Enough with your constant smile. WOW!!!
Aww thank you ☺️
We also rated lights until one year I drove to a very affluent area and there were no lights because all the Jewish doctors lived there lol now I’m converting after discovering ancestry and I have no lights or tree!
I really get a kick out of you!!!
I was baptized Catholic but now I’m a retired Catholic.
I love Christmas.
But I’ve always wondered how other cultures and religions celebrate their holidays.
My parents weren’t well off and I was the youngest of 4 kids. I had a friend when I was in grammar school and she was youngest of 7 kids. Her family used to regift items and I remember her telling me how many peasants she had under the tree vs my not so many.
But to me it’s about giving.
What is a retired Catholic Christian?
That Yule log on tv just came to mind as you described the stations you listen to. I LOVE that Yule log! Note to self to share it with my girls this year. Our fireplace isn’t in working order, so I think they’d totally get a kick out of it!
Same here : ) I'm a Christian too and I love Jews. -- You are indeed God's chosen ones. One more thing I have to say, I love your authenticity and warmth in your videos. Keep it up ! ♥️.
Aww thank you so much, thank you for the very kind compliment!
Agree.
You rock!
I'm Mesianic but Yeshua was Born un Sukkot and tes que celebrate Hannukah to. Thank you may Hashem Bless you.
Thank you so much! I love learning more about who watches my videos!
Amen sis!
Just because you “enjoy” it doesn’t mean you believe in it...I think how you deal with Christmas is perfect (and as you said, typical😂). Growing up in Brooklyn NY I lived and worked in a very religious Jewish community-Sephardic, Hasidic, etc....(Dentistry) although where we lived was (and still is I believe) a very mixed community. I was the token Christian in my office who received all the non-Kosher gifts the office received around the holidays and I loved it!
I have only recently discovered your channel. I find your videos amazing. Very interesting and much more like a friendly chat than a “religious lecture”. Very well done! And Thank You!
On the subject of Christmas, can I ask how far would “a Jewish person” (if that isn’t too stereotypical) go to avoid it? I mean if friends invited you out for a meal for Christmas would you go? Or if you found yourself at a dinner table with Santa hats and Christmas crackers, what would your reaction be?
Thank you.
Aww thank you so much! These days I'm fairly easy going and usually do what I can to make people feel included and be polite. I probably wouldn't wear a Santa Hat but would go to a Christmas party (like one at work for example). That's just me though!
I’m an atheist and I love Christmas. I think I’m culturally christian the way some people describe themselves as culturally Jewish but don’t practice the religion. I love the hymns, the Christmas trees, the lights. I just love Christmas
Marion, I’m new to your channel, which I love. Let me be upfront, I’m an agnostic who was raised Episcopalian. Enjoy Christmas - most of it is pagan - NOT Christian, so don’t feel guilty about sharing Santa, et al with your kids. ❤
If I lived near you I would love to invite you and your family over for Christmas to celebrate with my family. I live in Albuquerque New Mexico!!!
Lol aww thank you!! Enjoy it!!
I've never saw Santa as religious, just a happy man who brings a few gifts and happiness. We prefer to celebrate Yule, the longest night of the year but not in a religious sense though, just family and nice food and pretty decorations.
I’m in the process of converting to Judaism and growing up in a Catholic household, my parents were very against how mainstream Christmas became because it diluted the meaning of religious Christmas for them. So they were very on top of their game to distinguish the religious holiday to how it’s seen now to the kids. I’ve been internally debating bringing the cultural aspects of December 25th into my future family as a way to honor family tradition but remove any Catholic symbolisms or traditions to 10/25 so my kids see it as more of a national day for family rather than a religious day
This is so interesting to hear about! I grew up celebrating Christmas and then moved away from it and now to converting to Judaism. I have to say, I dislike Christmas hugely. Haha! And so do my kids, thank G-D!
I think it makes it easier that I’m in Australia and so the Christmases we used to celebrate do not even remotely match the movies and what not anyway! I totally used to get Christmas envy when I did celebrate because ours were so un-American!
We often join the rest of the country at the beach on Christmas Day, though for us it’s just a regular fun Summer activity that Dad can join in with because he’s got the day off work!
Christmas on the beach in Australia, that's just what I've heard it's like but I can't imagine Christmas in the summer lol!!
Same here and I love Marion but she really disappointed me hearing that she has Christmas envy. I hate Christmas everything about it along with all other pagan Christian and catholic holidays. It’s all pagan and bondage. I converted from catholic to Christian and finally really woke up and learned the truth. Now I’m a Torah, sabbath keeping Jew who observes His feast days only. I feel so free now not having to celebrate those holidays it feels so good to have those shackles off.
I personally wouldn't say I'm disappointed in her! I think that it's completely reasonable to experience some envy of a holiday that is so hyped up in our society (particularly in America I've noticed). Alma Acosta, you and I have the benefit of having experienced it and then moved away from! We've seen the grass on both sides, and know which we prefer!! :-D
The Climbing Tree I guess but it was never a big thing for us plus my family was poor so I didn’t grow up expecting elaborate gifts like most kids now a days do. But still I don’t understand the envy I would expect her to hate it but I guess your right I guess she doesn’t see it for what it is where as you say I had the opportunity to experience it and all that it really is and now that I now the truth I really see it for what it is and I hate it and wish others could see it for what it really is along with all of its mumbo jumbo that is accompanied by it.
You gave up Christ yikes
Definitely Chinese food! I used to work in a hospital so I always worked on Christmas. Now I’m off on Christmas, my company is closed between Christmas and New Years which is nice, but don’t do much on Christmas, just relax and watch movies.
That's awesome, and so nice to work at a company that closes between the holidays!!
You’re a complete doll!
I don't think you can ask a few Jews or Christians what they do on Christmas and get the same answer from each one. even though I was born Jewish from a Very secular home in Boston. you just can't ignore the beauty of Christmas. it's not only a holiday but its a time of harmony. peacefulness, and Beautiful decorations. and Hanukkah also always come up very close to Christmas every year. Both holidays are a festival of lights. Both are beautiful.
so, on Christmas, I'm usually invited to my family (which is partially Christian ) my ex-wife is Christian my kids are Christian. and usually, we have a Huge Christmas turkey.
I personally enjoy the Christmas season. I love Christmas music. ALL the famous Christmas movies (my favorite is national lampoons Christmas Vacation. so What is the Big deal?
even if you happen to ever be in Israel you'll find MANY Christians homes decorated for Christmas. . I LOVE IT
Mary Christmas and happy Hanukkah. may the Lord give us peace in our hearts. and peace on earth. Amen
This is my first Christmas as a convert. I have my holiday mode stuck in overdrive, and since Thanksgiving-kkuah in 2013, I have celebrated both. My daughter doesn't recall not having both. I did department store level decor at home: 5 trees, more Black Santas than most people knew was possible...Last year I was fried. Christmas felt hollow, and learning the oil narrative wasn't cannon for Jews murdered my holidays. I did one tree with 15 pink balls at 3am christmas morning. I am getting pressured to make sure my daughter "still gets christmas". I don't know what I want to do, but I think the decision needs to be my own, w/o pressure from other adults. My child fully gets that I'm Jewish ("Even more Jewish!" lol!) I have no idea... Watching this was helpful
My mom and dad had joint custody of me (they got divorced when I was still a baby), but my dad was Baptist so I was exposed to Xmas thru him, although he wasn't into Xmas trees, decor, etc. He bought me gifts, but my mom wouldn't let him give me the gifts on Xmas day. That being said, I never really stressed over gifts for the Xmas holidays because my dad gave me "just because" gifts throughout the year [I am his only child :D].
Aww that's really nice to hear that he had gifts for you all year long, what a thoughtful dad!!
I still have off from school on Christmas even though I go.to a jewish school because of non jewish teachers so I just go on RUclips, Netflix, and Tik Tok
Miracle at Moreaux is a 1980s film about Jewish children hiding in a Catholic school in France during WWII as Channukah and Christmas approach.