I hope you weren't offended by my excluding pagan religions from my list of people you shouldn't ask what they're doing on Christmas. My list was necessarily nonexhaustive, but I intended it to be inclusive.
And yet inclusiveness isn't the only answer, I think, because as the discussion of the Jewish humor element of the story indicates, every minority group's narrative of struggle is different and has different cultural touchstones. This isn't something we can or should seek to erase from our consciousness.
I tend to respond to Christmas well-wishes with corresponding Christmas well-wishes, and on the day before Chanukah or Rosh Hashanah I wish everyone, Jew and Gentile alike, a happy holiday. I find nothing offensive about holiday season well-wishes, but the expectation that everyone has family Christmas plans is a different story. That is maddening.
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Date: 2010-07-06 01:44 pm (UTC)I hope you weren't offended by my excluding pagan religions from my list of people you shouldn't ask what they're doing on Christmas. My list was necessarily nonexhaustive, but I intended it to be inclusive.
And yet inclusiveness isn't the only answer, I think, because as the discussion of the Jewish humor element of the story indicates, every minority group's narrative of struggle is different and has different cultural touchstones. This isn't something we can or should seek to erase from our consciousness.
I tend to respond to Christmas well-wishes with corresponding Christmas well-wishes, and on the day before Chanukah or Rosh Hashanah I wish everyone, Jew and Gentile alike, a happy holiday. I find nothing offensive about holiday season well-wishes, but the expectation that everyone has family Christmas plans is a different story. That is maddening.