Don't Lie You Christmas-Celebrating Bastards
From: SF Office
To: SF All
Subject: Holiday Tree Trimming
Body: Please come & join us for snacks & tree trimming.
Would anyone like to guess why this pisses me off? "Anyone? Anyone? ... Thank you, Simone."
It's not a fucking HOLIDAY TREE! What holiday does the tree represent? Christmas! Therefore, it's a fucking CHRISTMAS tree!
If you're going to exclude all religions that don't celebrate Christmas, just fucking admit that and don't try to cover it up by calling all your Christmas activities "holiday" activities.
This shit infuriates me. Today Golden Boy tried to tell me that he thinks it's a problem that I'm angry at the world. I'm not angry at the world (and I don't think there's anything wrong with the anger I have for all my issues and people I'm angry about/at) - I'm angry at people who try to pass things off as other things that they're not (the mountain).
I want a big fat mother fucking inflatable dreidel to put up at my work station. And maybe the menorah too - for my bus rides to and from work.
**For those of you who don't know any jewish people, and think I represent all of them, please know that I don't. Not all jewish people are this angry.
To: SF All
Subject: Holiday Tree Trimming
Body: Please come & join us for snacks & tree trimming.
Would anyone like to guess why this pisses me off? "Anyone? Anyone? ... Thank you, Simone."
It's not a fucking HOLIDAY TREE! What holiday does the tree represent? Christmas! Therefore, it's a fucking CHRISTMAS tree!
If you're going to exclude all religions that don't celebrate Christmas, just fucking admit that and don't try to cover it up by calling all your Christmas activities "holiday" activities.
This shit infuriates me. Today Golden Boy tried to tell me that he thinks it's a problem that I'm angry at the world. I'm not angry at the world (and I don't think there's anything wrong with the anger I have for all my issues and people I'm angry about/at) - I'm angry at people who try to pass things off as other things that they're not (the mountain).
I want a big fat mother fucking inflatable dreidel to put up at my work station. And maybe the menorah too - for my bus rides to and from work.
**For those of you who don't know any jewish people, and think I represent all of them, please know that I don't. Not all jewish people are this angry.
Labels: A Lonely Jew
posted by Green at 12/04/2007 04:13:00 PM
8 Comments:
OMG. PLEASE tell me that picture is a joke.
I did a catering for a wedding at a jewish center one time. We had about 10 staff, so we ordered pizza for our meal before the wedding party arrived at the hall.
We had to eat it out in the parking lot because one was hawaiian (ham and pineapple) and the other was bacon, mushroom and pepperoni. the orthodox guy who was helping co ordinate the wedding helped himself to 2 slices of pizza, (our dinner!) i said "uhhh that pizza has pork on it, are you allowed to eat that?" He said it was ok as long as he didn't eat it in the synagog. uummm ok...
try not to be so angry about christmas, it's mostly turned into one big freaking money/gift grubbing pile of unhappiness for a lot of christians. did you know the highest rate of suicide happens around christmas?
happy hanukah green,
catherine
(aka lonely christian)
First - I just laughed out loud at the Chanukah ham. Please tell me that's a joke. F'real.
Second - I am not Jewish but have been dubbed a JBA and I would convert in a minute if I could find myself an NJB.
Third - You should come to Texas and see our program office...COVERED in Christmas decorations and not a dreidel or Star of David in sight. I mean really. A little awareness, people! And thanks to you, I'm saying something tomorrow.
Actually, it's exactly like catherine put it. It's no Christian thing anymore, so, after all, it's no Christmas tree anymore, but indeed rather a "holiday" tree.
catherine and rozz already said what my first thought was - Christmas is hardly religious anymore. For some die-hard Christians, maybe, but not for the majority of Christmas celebrators. Heck, I don't even believe there was anything miraculous about the birth of Jesus (virgin mother? ha), yet I still enjoy the lights and having a big dinner with the family members I actually like.
Anger takes a lot of energy. It's better to save it for when it really matters, like when people are trying to make you feel bad or just don't care about your feelings. Further secularizing a tradition to include everyone in a fun event isn't exactly an evil worth stewing over.
Green,
You are too funny. I can understand annoyance, but not anger - way too much energy. And I agree with others. The way christmas is being celebrated, it's not really christian anymore, it's hallmark, neiman marcus, macy's, harry & David, 1-800-flowers, etc., etc.
I should tell you i have a tree trimming party (and I do call it a christmas tree on the invitations) and all my jewish friends are excited about coming - much more so than my christian friends. go figure.
Katie
Is it wrong that I laughed while reading your post...okay, laughed is a bit strong, I giggled a little.
I saw that hilarious picture of the ham.
I celebrate Christmas and miss the days when it was more festive and less expected, and less about $$. By the time it rolls around I'm so sick of it!
Bring your inflatable dreidel and the menorah for your bus rides...do it!!! Just take some pictures while you are at it!
Sorry to make light of a topic that's making you so angry.....
I totally laughed at this post and I HATE it when people say that anger takes too much energy. not really. it's an emotion, just comes right up and then one can say something about it or not, but what does take a lot of energy is trying to not be angry or not express anger because people are uncomfortable with it. Which is YOUR issue, btw. Women especially get admonished for expressing strong opinions or anger and that is fucked.
Instead of chastising someone for being angry and making them feel weird, possibly making them more angry why not just respect that people work differently and this person gets angry. It's not like she is trying to sue her firm. She just wrote a funny post and Christmas is Christian. Just because no one expects anyone to really be religious here does not make Christmas not Christian.
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