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[quote=Anonymous]   15:23, I am sure your intentions are good but your post appears to be far more about your own journey than it is about OP's situation.  The night and day contrast moving from orthodox Judaism as a child to leaving the religion entirely, is just so different from the experience of where OP is coming from that your comments above seem directed toward pushing back on a situation that just doesn't exist here and are imbued with all sorts of assumptions that probably do not apply.  Far from being "paranoid" about assimilation, OP married a non-Jew, allows or even embraces her step daughter taking her children to Mass with her, seeks to research the meaning of a tree, etc.  But your comments can be interpreted as presuming that any views here that tilt against a living room tree -- no matter what else OP does to accommodate -- necessarily is a choice of elevating "boundaries" above loving kindness.  You assert a tree will not "harm anyone" -- but you completely dismiss the obvious truth -- it has put OP in a fair amount of distress prompting this thread and, while there are many different views in the 11 previous pages here, she is by know means alone in her concerns.

As explained above, this SD has been living with Mom.  She has had Christmas with Mom, never with Dad all these years.  She has decided to live with Dad, SM and their children so she can go to college more conveniently or to save money - whichever.  OP isn't telling a 4 year old not to believe in Santa, isn't denying the existence of Christ -- indeed, I believe earlier she said she could almost deal more with a religious simple of a manger than a Tree in the center of the living room.  There are plenty of Christians who have also chimed in rebelling against commercialization of Christmas.  At this point I think OP has heard all the arguments.  Can we leave it be unless someone wants to post general well wishes with her decision?  [/quote]

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