Any Jewish MNers doing Christmas?

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I'm Jewish, dh isn't. As part of our give-and-take we celebrate each other's festivals.

But I'm feeling very conflicted over Christmas. Very Scroogey.

Don't get me wrong, I've done all that is expected, all the food, the presents, stockings etc. I laugh and smile and try to enjoy the day with them. After all, it is a pleasure to give pleasure. But in my heart of hearts I have had enough of it.

Anyone else in the same circumstances? Feel this way? Or feel differently about it?

slightly different scenario for us: DP Jewish & I converted. For us doing Xmas involved DP cooking a turkey, sprouts etc. We do crackers too but that is pretty much it.

NO tree - tried to introduce one once and DH had a visceral negative reaction, so strong that he was shocked by the strength of his own reaction.

Doing Xmas "properly" (ie stockings + tree) is the thing I miss about being Jewish. I totally relate to that bit in Sex And The City where Charlotte celebrates her last xmas.

My DH is jewish - I LOVE Chrismas and always have done. We've been together 13 years and truly are "live and let live" as far as each others cultural/religious/family traditions go. We have ALL the 'usual' trimmings - lights outside/xmas tree/roast gammon/pressies all round/huge xmas dinner etc etc and he embraces it all with gusto and great enthusiasm. He also lights chanukah (sp?) candles/we have a mezuzzah (sp?) on the door and I buy him his favourite deli food at weekends. It's never been an area if conflict, we knew what each other was when we met and have never encountered a situation where conflict arose - we can often find far more trivial stuff to argue about!

I celebrate Christmas, tree, turkey etc. to me it's a seasonal thing. I just enjoy the season. I have a December birthday so there is a lot going on.

Having a tree is a German tradition, I don't really see it as a religious thing, just like I have a poinsettia or daffodils in March really.

But surprised at having Gammon for lunch though?

I'm Jewish, dh not. He has been ill in bed all christmas so Jewish dcs and I celebrated on our own. Santa came, we have a tree and tofurkey and chocolate. We celebrate Christmas more than Chanukah but we try to leave Jesus out of it all

Last year my DjewishF sent us all pictures of her DS in a Santa baby grow for celebrating his first Christmas.

She's happy to admit that as the DS of a mixed faith couple (I don't think her DH is particularly religious, but he's not Jewish) Christmas and Hannaka will both be celebrated in a bit of a middle depending who's family they are visiting.

It's always been thus, sometimes I'm organised and send her a present for Hannaka and sometimes (like this year) I'm not and she gets a Christmas present.

DS is circumcised and she wants to bring him.up in her faith, so I guess when he's old enough to know the date I'll have to try and aim for the right festival, but given her fondness for tinsel and *mince pies. I don't think she'll worry.

*Veggie mince pies of course

DF was not happy when she realised she should have got a taste for mince pies, however DH has a veggie DSIS and always makes mincemeat with veggie suet

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Hi jolly we eat/serve EVERYTHING here... Jewish DH always did, way before I came along - and our Jewish friends are 'mixed bunch' of observant/ barely observant. My family are Asian/mixed-Asian and pork has featured very regularly in our diet forever. Why wouldn't I serve it? It's every individuals choice whether to eat it or not. It's a part of my heritage/diet. With any gathering I will always serve a fish option anyway, and won't put pork/prawns in WITH other stuff so everybody will have something lovely to eat - but yesterday within a mixed jewish/non j crowd of 30 there was only one person that didn't enjoy ALL the offerings and the gammon in honey was a huge hit...