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Being Jewish At Christmas

Mommy, can we get a Christmas tree? Asked me my then-4 year old son. Seemingly a simple question, but I've been dreading it since my son was born. I was born and raised in Israel. As a kid, I used to watch on TV the Christians arriving at their churches in Jerusalem and Bethlehem for services. That was the only exposure to Christmas I had in Israel. No Christmas tree, no presents, no Santa Clause... when I came to the US in my early twenties, I was astonished and amazed as I went through the ...
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