09-14-2007, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jhb90277  ================================================== =====
Those often aren't the only holidays at that time. Chanukkah and Kwanzaa are often in December. Not ALL kids celebrate those holidays. Making a more secular celebration of the season allows all the kids to feel included without making someone feel bad for being Jewish, Wiccan or any other religion. It allows kids to have no religion at all to feel a part of the festivities without preaching to them. | Have you ever met anyone who genuinely pursues the Kwanzaa "faith"? Or who even knows what it is??
Even in Africa nobody has heard of it!
And why do you assume that Jewish kids feel bad when their Christian friends celebrate Christmas? It's Rosh Hashana today and I feel no bitterness toward my Jewish friends!
Infact the schools around here are on holiday - I don't suppose the kids care why so long as they don't have to go to school.
Perhaps you should strive to be a lot less hypersensitive and a bit more tolerant toward your fellow travellers?
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