Merry Christmas, one and all!
We don't put up a tree or decorate the outside, but still celebrate - It's Grace's time of year, with the gifts and the cooking and whatnot. Right now, there is a turkey in the oven that weighs, I dunno, maybe 40 pounds that we'll be eating off of for the next month since there are only the three of us. But Grace likes cooking, and Christmas cooking is her happy place, so that's what we do.
We say "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays", and any furrniers around here do the same, to blend in. I don't know anyone around here to wish a happy Hannukah or Merry Kwanzaa of any of those other holidays that fall around this time of year.
The dominant culture here is Christmas. If I were in a Muslim country, I'd celebrate Eid al Fitr with them, if I were in Israel I'd celebrate Hannukah with them, so if they're here, they'll celebrate Christmas with us. It's more than just a culture thing in all cases, it's a matter of respect vs. disrespect. If someone is nice enough to allow you into their country, you don't set out by trashing their holidays.
Our big Christmas celebrating is going to fall nearer to New Year's Day than it is to Christmas, because of scheduling issues among different family members. But it'll still be "Christmas" to us.
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We don't put up a tree or decorate the outside, but still celebrate - It's Grace's time of year, with the gifts and the cooking and whatnot. Right now, there is a turkey in the oven that weighs, I dunno, maybe 40 pounds that we'll be eating off of for the next month since there are only the three of us. But Grace likes cooking, and Christmas cooking is her happy place, so that's what we do.
We say "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays", and any furrniers around here do the same, to blend in. I don't know anyone around here to wish a happy Hannukah or Merry Kwanzaa of any of those other holidays that fall around this time of year.
The dominant culture here is Christmas. If I were in a Muslim country, I'd celebrate Eid al Fitr with them, if I were in Israel I'd celebrate Hannukah with them, so if they're here, they'll celebrate Christmas with us. It's more than just a culture thing in all cases, it's a matter of respect vs. disrespect. If someone is nice enough to allow you into their country, you don't set out by trashing their holidays.
Our big Christmas celebrating is going to fall nearer to New Year's Day than it is to Christmas, because of scheduling issues among different family members. But it'll still be "Christmas" to us.
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