Comments on: Jews Celebrating Christmas…the Japanese Version http://interculturaltalk.org/2009/12/24/jews-celebrating-christmas-the-japanese-version/ Stereotypes in Advertising, Intercultural Communications, Multicultural Parenting Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:50:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Deanna http://interculturaltalk.org/2009/12/24/jews-celebrating-christmas-the-japanese-version/comment-page-1/#comment-3494 Deanna Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:55:01 +0000 http://interculturaltalk.org/?p=334#comment-3494 Thanks, Marc, and thanks for sharing the link to Feinstein's OpEd in the New York Times. Definitely his thought that "It doesn’t take Freud to figure out that the sugarplums, holly and mistletoe all tap into a sense of comfort, longing, security and peace that so many fervently desire; that we all wish the clichés were true," captures the sentiment. And I like his closing as well, "As Jews, Christians, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists and everything in between, we are all more alike than we are different. That’s something to celebrate." Something to continue to work toward in the new (since September?) year as well. Happy New Year! Thanks, Marc, and thanks for sharing the link to Feinstein’s OpEd in the New York Times.

Definitely his thought that “It doesn’t take Freud to figure out that the sugarplums, holly and mistletoe all tap into a sense of comfort, longing, security and peace that so many fervently desire; that we all wish the clichés were true,” captures the sentiment.

And I like his closing as well, “As Jews, Christians, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists and everything in between, we are all more alike than we are different. That’s something to celebrate.”

Something to continue to work toward in the new (since September?) year as well. Happy New Year!

]]> By: Marc Singer http://interculturaltalk.org/2009/12/24/jews-celebrating-christmas-the-japanese-version/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Marc Singer Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:47:02 +0000 http://interculturaltalk.org/?p=334#comment-3470 Amen! We Jews helped create modern Christmas, and we're gonna enjoy it! Really, many of our yuletide traditions were borrowed from pagans in the first place, so who actually "owns" them? And how do modern joys like "It's a Wonderful Life" or "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" belong to any church? Jewish jazz singer and music historian Michael Feinstein sheds some holiday light on the issue in this op-ed column from last week's New York Times: "Whose Christmas Is It?" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18feinstein.html) Happy Holidays! - Marc Singer Amen! We Jews helped create modern Christmas, and we’re gonna enjoy it! Really, many of our yuletide traditions were borrowed from pagans in the first place, so who actually “owns” them? And how do modern joys like “It’s a Wonderful Life” or “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” belong to any church?

Jewish jazz singer and music historian Michael Feinstein sheds some holiday light on the issue in this op-ed column from last week’s New York Times: “Whose Christmas Is It?” (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18feinstein.html)

Happy Holidays!
- Marc Singer

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