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[quote=Anonymous]I’m Jewish, DH is not, but we decided early on to raise our children Jewish. DS is three, so for the first time I’m dealing with the “December dilemma.” He came home from preschool yesterday talking about Santa. I wasn’t sure how to address it, so I didn’t say anything.

In some ways this is the same conundrum all Jewish families face, but it’s complicated by the fact that DH isn’t Jewish. His family is not religious, but they celebrate Christmas with all the usual trappings – tree, lights, gifts, etc. And we’ll be visiting them over Christmas this year, so we’ll be taking part. We’ve told them that any gifts to DS should come from them, not Santa. But DS is their only grandchild and I wouldn’t want to tell them they can’t give Christmas gifts at all. So somehow I have to convey to my preschooler that he will be getting Christmas gifts and celebrating Christmas, even though we are Jewish and it’s not our holiday. All while trying not to make my very nice in-laws feel bad.

Any advice for me?
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