My SIL's Happy Birthday Jesus cake tradition

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. I never heard of this tradition before. Having an actual birthday cake on Christmas, "because it's Jesus's birthday," is so paradoxically literal-minded yet totally anachronistic.

Do you play pin the tail on the savior too?

So foul. Do you disrespect all religions equally?

Not PP, but how is she not "respecting a religion" she just said that she didn't agree with a cake. It is trivializing a very serious part of the Christian religion and I am certain that if Jesus himself could see the craziness of the materialistic Christmas season..he would object. He was humble and would not have wanted a yucky over frosted cake from Kroger.

I was referring to suggesting a game called "pin the tail on the savior."

I don't think she was suggesting people do that. She was saying "what's next, pin the tail on the saviour?" I'm sorry but you get a DUH.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a thing? She has a cake made by a fancy bakery and that is the only dessert that is allowed into her house on Christmas Eve or day. Luckily we don't do holidays with her anymore so we just know from MIL and SILs sanctimonious facebook posts with the cake and bible verses to show us just how good a Christian housewife she is. I have never heard of this and I think it is rather demeaning to JC to have a birthday cake for him. I think his birth is a solemn and spiritual occasion and we mark it by reading the story of his birth and being thankful and kind.

Evidently.

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Anonymous wrote:I just talked to a friend and they do this thing where they pretend Jesus is a marshmallow and they bake it in a cresent roll which represents his tomb, and when they bake it Jesus the marshmallow disappears and this is how she celebrates Easter and explains the resurection to her kids. Whatever works.

You do know Christmas and Easter are different holidays, right?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. I never heard of this tradition before. Having an actual birthday cake on Christmas, "because it's Jesus's birthday," is so paradoxically literal-minded yet totally anachronistic.

Do you play pin the tail on the savior too?

So foul. Do you disrespect all religions equally?

Not PP, but how is she not "respecting a religion" she just said that she didn't agree with a cake. It is trivializing a very serious part of the Christian religion and I am certain that if Jesus himself could see the craziness of the materialistic Christmas season..he would object. He was humble and would not have wanted a yucky over frosted cake from Kroger.

I was referring to suggesting a game called "pin the tail on the savior."

I don't think she was suggesting people do that. She was saying "what's next, pin the tail on the saviour?" I'm sorry but you get a DUH.

You don't need to agree with me, but it sounds very smart ass. But I'm sure pp appreciates your speaking up on her behalf. Good lookin out!

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Anonymous wrote:I just talked to a friend and they do this thing where they pretend Jesus is a marshmallow and they bake it in a cresent roll which represents his tomb, and when they bake it Jesus the marshmallow disappears and this is how she celebrates Easter and explains the resurection to her kids. Whatever works.

You do know Christmas and Easter are different holidays, right?

Wow Captain Obvious!! Of course.... I just thought it was a funny story. Y'all gotta loosen them girdles.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. I never heard of this tradition before. Having an actual birthday cake on Christmas, "because it's Jesus's birthday," is so paradoxically literal-minded yet totally anachronistic.

Do you play pin the tail on the savior too?

So foul. Do you disrespect all religions equally?

Not PP, but how is she not "respecting a religion" she just said that she didn't agree with a cake. It is trivializing a very serious part of the Christian religion and I am certain that if Jesus himself could see the craziness of the materialistic Christmas season..he would object. He was humble and would not have wanted a yucky over frosted cake from Kroger.

I was referring to suggesting a game called "pin the tail on the savior."

I don't think she was suggesting people do that. She was saying "what's next, pin the tail on the saviour?" I'm sorry but you get a DUH.

You don't need to agree with me, but it sounds very smart ass. But I'm sure pp appreciates your speaking up on her behalf. Good lookin out!

Well it's better then mis reading something and being a dick about it.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM has spoken. We'd rather celebrate Christmas with SIL and a piece of cake than with OP and her bitter brew.

Yup! Team SIL

Totes. I'm a diabetic atheist and is still rather hang out with SIL than OP.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. I never heard of this tradition before. Having an actual birthday cake on Christmas, "because it's Jesus's birthday," is so paradoxically literal-minded yet totally anachronistic.

Do you play pin the tail on the savior too?

So foul. Do you disrespect all religions equally?

Not PP, but how is she not "respecting a religion" she just said that she didn't agree with a cake. It is trivializing a very serious part of the Christian religion and I am certain that if Jesus himself could see the craziness of the materialistic Christmas season..he would object. He was humble and would not have wanted a yucky over frosted cake from Kroger.

I was referring to suggesting a game called "pin the tail on the savior."

I don't think she was suggesting people do that. She was saying "what's next, pin the tail on the saviour?" I'm sorry but you get a DUH.

You don't need to agree with me, but it sounds very smart ass. But I'm sure pp appreciates your speaking up on her behalf. Good lookin out!

Well it's better then mis reading something and being a dick about it.

I read it the way she wrote it. It sounds like you felt differently about it than I did. That doesn't mean I read it wrong. Saying I thought it was disrespectful is not being a dick. There's a ton of dickishness to be found on DCUM - and on this thread alone - but this isn't it.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. I never heard of this tradition before. Having an actual birthday cake on Christmas, "because it's Jesus's birthday," is so paradoxically literal-minded yet totally anachronistic.

Do you play pin the tail on the savior too?

Nah, more like "nail the savior to the cross." That's a real crowd pleaser!

I'd never heard of "Happy Birthday, Jesus" parties and cakes until this year when I moved to the south. And I have to admit, it takes all my self-control not to roll my eyes.

Midwesterner here. We did this forty plus years ago.

My friend from California did this as a kid years ago. She is in her 30s.

A birthday cake for Jesus is not a new thing, not a southern thing, and not limited to one denomination.

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NP here. I've never heard of this and think it's a little eccentric but to each his own.

That said, I do think that OP is the in-law from Hell.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I've never heard of this and think it's a little eccentric but to each his own.

That said, I do think that OP is the in-law from Hell.

Aww so sweet.

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I am a recovering catholic, now atheist. My grandmother made a cake a couple of times for xmas and wrote "Happy Birthday Jesus" on it. We all laughed and then ate the cake.

This is not a new thing. Lots of families having been doing it forever. Pinterest and FaceBook just give them a chance to show how holy they are to a larger audience not just the folks at their dining room table.

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It must be the Christians wanting Christ back in Christmas (but apparently not Christ back in being Christian in general) with the nasty responses. Didn't think OP's post was nasty at all.

I've never heard of this. I think it's weird. But then I think religion is weird in general. "Let's bake a cake for Jesus, Red Riding Hood, and Walter White."

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Anonymous wrote:It must be the Christians wanting Christ back in Christmas (but apparently not Christ back in being Christian in general) with the nasty responses. Didn't think OP's post was nasty at all.

I've never heard of this. I think it's weird. But then I think religion is weird in general. "Let's bake a cake for Jesus, Red Riding Hood, and Walter White."

A cake for Walter White would be awesome. I'm doing that next year.