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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:26 pm
okie dokie. So the store I work at started including christmas songs into the play list... someone is going to have to shoot me on turkey day. But tonight I sat through the last twenty minutes of 8 crazy nights. I guess it's even, but I'm still going mad, it's not even turkey day people!
Is anyone else outraged by holiday stuff already being cracked out by stores? I mean there was a christmas isle out at the same time as the halloween stuff!
this isn't an attack on christmas anyone, you go santa eat those cookies and milk!
this is more an attack on the stores and everything, how they are taking a good thing and making it detesting.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:25 pm
I love secular Christmas seeing as how my family celebrates it and all and it's a lot of fun.
But I was sitting here today and thought it was a bit mad that they were breaking out all the Christmas jazz this early, too.
I saw Eight Crazy Nights, by the by, on CC.
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The Fabulous Prince Babel
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:47 pm
Not really- I'm very used to it, and Chanukah isn't the most important Jewish holiday or anything. It's a bit annoying at times, but there are far worse things to worry about than that; I wouldn't get too upset or anything. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:21 pm
 Eh... the Christmas/Holiday thing is American Nostalgia. People remember those days when they were growing up and everywhere they went people were in a festive mood, happy and looking forward to the family getting together. Because honestly, people don't want to deal with the family, there's occasional riots at malls due to the limited supply of "the hot toy this year." and really Christmas for the average American is stressful. "The twelve things at Xmas that are such a pain for me...
Singing Xmas Carols
Stale TV Specials
Batteries Not Included
Finding Parking Spaces
"I WANNA TWANSFORMA FOR XMAS!"
Charity Donations.
Facing the In-Laws
FIVE... MONTHS... OF BILLS...
Sending Xmas Cards
Hangovers
Rigging up the lights.
AND FINDING A XMAS TREE..."Yeah, I'm happy with my little Chanukah bit thank you very much. However this year is extra special... it starts on the 22nd and ends on the 29th... so now I can tell which member of the family was the cheap b*****d, simply by getting me a last minute Chanukah gift JUST after Xmas. I always like it better when it starts and ends before, not during Xmas.
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:07 pm
It starts earlier and earlier every year. But it's like I told my mother today, hearing Christmas music just reminds people that they need to buy things for said holiday. That's why it's extra loud at malls/Wal Mart.
I'm sad Chanukah starts so late! I have a party every year and I'm afraid no one will be able to make it this year due to family obligations. Oh well, it's always easier to cook for a little group of people.
@ Alastor: I lol'd at your sig.
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:27 pm
We used to get peace until the day after Thanksgiving. Christmas comes reliably on the 25th of December every single year, and a month should be quite enough time to do one's shopping and card-sending. I know because sometimes Chanukah begins in November, and I can get my shopping and card-sending done in time. Plenty of time, in fact.
Now, Christmas merchandising begins BEFORE Hallowe'en. How long can it be before this noisy, pushy, materialistic stuff starts before Labor Day?
I enjoyed Christmas in France last year, when we went to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday. We flew on Christmas Eve and flew back on New Year's Day, and I must tell you, Paris is gorgeous and entertaining during that time of year. I saw ONE Santa the whole time, about four trees, and maybe three people wished me joyeux Noel (happy Christmas).
In France, you see, Christmas is a religious holiday. Those who are celebrating it are spending it at home with their families, focused on their relationships to one another and contemplating miracles. It doesn't stuff up the public with things they don't care about. When Christmas is a religious holiday, I enjoy it, because it's not something I have to even pay attention to. The over-commercialization of Christmas ruins it for Christians, but it also ruins a solid two months for non-Christians.
And you know what? Chanukah needs to be religious, too, and not just an excuse to spend money and get a bunch of consumer-bloating crap (if I should use such a word) that no one actually needs.
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:47 pm
Quote: I'm sad Chanukah starts so late! I have a party every year and I'm afraid no one will be able to make it this year due to family obligations. Oh well, it's always easier to cook for a little group of people. Well, who says a holiday party has to be on a holiday... make it a Hanukkah themed Superbowl Party (It's been done before!) What's the traditional Hanukkah faire? Roast Goose... and what else? LATKES! What's not to love about fried potato pancakes served with apple sauce and sour cream? I mean it's party food!
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:51 pm
kingpinsqeezels @ Alastor: I lol'd at your sig. Aw, shucks. Thanks.
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:05 pm
Quote: I enjoyed Christmas in France last year, when we went to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday. We flew on Christmas Eve and flew back on New Year's Day, and I must tell you, Paris is gorgeous and entertaining during that time of year. I saw ONE Santa the whole time, about four trees, and maybe three people wished me joyeux Noel (happy Christmas). The Lord Alps those that Alps themselves... The funny thing is, the Xmas pageantry was based from southern culture that was adopted after the Louisiana Purchase, until the 1900s Northern Folk celebrated Thanksgiving as the big winter festival, and Southern Folk celebrated Xmas as the big winter festival. They both became national holidays Thanksgiving in 1863, shortly after the Civil War, Santa Claus Appeared in the US and Xmas became a national holiday to help mend the rift between north and south. But Xmas wasn't all that until about World War I. I mean, there wasn't even a National Xmas Tree until 1924... Oh and if you're wondering, there was no Cranberry Sauce or Pumpkin Pie at the first Thanksgiving dinner, no sugar to make sauce, no ovens to bake pies. More about the menus later.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:35 am
LordNeuf Quote: I'm sad Chanukah starts so late! I have a party every year and I'm afraid no one will be able to make it this year due to family obligations. Oh well, it's always easier to cook for a little group of people. Well, who says a holiday party has to be on a holiday... make it a Hanukkah themed Superbowl Party (It's been done before!) What's the traditional Hanukkah faire? Roast Goose... and what else? LATKES! What's not to love about fried potato pancakes served with apple sauce and sour cream? I mean it's party food! You have a point, but I always have someone new every year who joins us. I like teaching my friends about Chanukah and the common misconceptions around it. (Believe it or not it isn't the Jewish Christmas! smile ) I say the prayer and someone gets to light the candles. It's just a ton of fun. At least I have fun anyway. Everyone else probably just comes for the food. Haha. Southern kids could use some culture.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:23 pm
Quote: Southern kids could use some culture. Alrighty then... how to give the southern folks some culture. I recommend going with the stock Askenazi menu, and please acquire a sleeve bat (a short round piece of wood you can hide in your sleeve, such as a miniature baseball bat) and womp anyone who mispronouces it to say "Ask a Nazi" cuisine. What can I say, stupidity should be painful... As for party food, Jews are all over small tidbits and munchies. First off, the Knish It's a snack of meat and potatoes wrapped in phyllo do. If you really want to have fun with it, use salmon and dill and cubed potatoes, think corned beef hash but with fish. Serve along side the Latkes, and for something sweet, get some rugelach or if you have watched Sienfeld, get a CHOCOLATE BABKA! Have recipes, will share.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:33 pm
Since so many of my friends are Ashkenazi, I do make latkes for Chanukah, but they're a side-dish. Also, they're not just plain potato pancakes. I make them with sweet potatoes, red potatoes, sometimes shredded carrots, and garbanzo beans or English peas, as well as onions. Every person gets one or two, with apple sauce or sour cream. I also make sufganiyot, the fried doughnuts that are common to Israeli Chanukah celebrations. Sometimes I fill them with jelly or cake frosting, other times just dust them with a sweet spice mixture involving cinnamon and cardamom. I'll also make fried honey-sesame sweets.
If people are coming for dinner as well as for dessert, I often make Nature Burgers (fried, of course) with vegetarian 'bacon' and cheese, or tempura vegetables. Sometimes I skip the sour cream on the latkes so I can fry some chicken instead.
Then, the second Chanukah is over, I go right back to my low-fat lifestyle. wink
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:41 pm
xd I love how in almost every thread, we somehow transfer talk to food.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:48 pm
Quote: xd I love how in almost every thread, we somehow transfer talk to food. It's what Jews do well and what binds the culture together. Now if someone could tell me the difference between a matzo ball and a knedlach, I'll give them one free internet.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:15 pm
I finally found a knish dough that isn't crappy! Phyllo isn't that easy for me to find so it's just easier to make the dough from scratch and party on. Lately I've been filling them with just potatoes/butter/onion but it would be awesome to fill them with a meat of some kind. Would rump/chuck roast (if those are even kosher cuts) work? You'd probably have to cook the meat before hand right?
Awesome ideas for latkes Divash! I love Yukon golds and new potatoes. Oh goodness I could eat them for years. Last year this didn't even occur to me, but I served sour cream and fried chicken at the same time. This year I'll have to skip out on the cream I guess. wink
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