"I wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck." "Or the Credence."

[uberjew]

Just got home from an old-school jam session with a bunch of old-school

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[dosboof]

As a Jesus-believer - albeit not a very good one - I highly encourage this "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" thing because I think people need daily reminders that Jesus wanted the day Christian scholars semi-arbitrarily selected as a concession to pagans to mark his birth to be completely commercialized and totally devoid of any meaning other than pure irrational exuberance. Why? Because Jesus held several mutual funds that were heavily vested in toy manufacturers. Indeed, he had quite a diversified portfolio. What? He was Jewish, after all.

And with that horribly politically incorrect statement, I wish you the best of luck in surviving the holidays in the reddest of all red states.

Love,
Jon

[erzulie]

As a Jew who has spent most of her life in predominantly Christian neighborhoods, I've always used the phrases much interchangeably. I interpret "Merry Christmas" as people telling me to be happy on Dec. 25th, which is quite nice for strangers whom I wouldn't expect to have any clue what religion I practice. But now that this is apparently controversial, I will now pay more attention to only saying "Happy Holidays" myself because anything promoted by red states seriously unnerves me.

Happy 20th night of Chanukah.

what are you, walter, a fucking park ranger?

[laurenceb]

This sounds like a Texas problem. Here in NY people say whatever comes out of their mouth, and everyone just sort of interprets it as "hey, I'm being polite, and it's december, k?"

makin somethin outta nothing...
L

[carbidecarbon]

Like every Jew, I wrote a little something about that whole debate...you can read it, if you add me!!!

(This is Sara, by the way, hanging out in Miami waiting for my gig at the Herald to begin)

Enjoy the Chinese food :)