All I Want for Christmas Is…for It Not to Erase Hanukkah
Symbols of the 'Christmasification' of Hanukkah (L to R): Manischewitz's cookie-decorating kit (via shescribes.com); the Mensch on a Bench (via krwg.org); and a Hanukkah Bush (via haveuheard.com).
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I'm more troubled by people who celebrate both Chanukah and Christmas , especially if they're Jewish than Manishewitz making perfectly kosher Chanukah cookies, which I can't purchase because I live in Israel, where every Jew who wants to escape this kind of thing should be living. December 25th? Just another day!
This perfectly expresses my perspective. I try to educate people but it’s difficult. There are three synagogues in my city yet I had a staff member at the largest grocery store in the area tell my they didn’t stock Hanukkah supplies because there are no Jews in the area. I’ve repeatedly complained to the grocery store nearest my house about the Jewish sale shelf at each holiday including sales in inappropriate food, like apple cake on sale before Passover, not synching the sales to the correct dates, and stocking tons of Christmas and communion cards but no Hanukkah or B’nai mitzvah.