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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are we sharing petty vents here?

My MIL just asked why I don't have a Christmas tree and nativity scene. It's because I'm Jewish. I've been with her son for 15 years.

Now she's rinsing wax out of her ear and her husband was encouraging her to collect it in one of our cups, while they do the procedure at our kitchen sink. Luckily she realized this was not the best course and now they are doing it into an empty plastic container in the bathroom. Phew!

Believe it or not I love my in laws but oh boy by day three of a visit I am ready to have my house back.[/quote]

Oh man, that’s terrible. On both counts. I’m really sorry, especially, about the nativity scene and Christmas tree comment. :([/quote]

Oh we've been going over the Christmas stuff for as long as I've been around with them!

The hilarious thing is that if her son wanted a Christmas tree, we'd get one. He's not interested. And I'm certainly not going to be the one to put it up! (We don't have kids - if we did, they'd probably have more Jewish identity than Christian, only because I have more of a Jewish identity than my husband has a Christian one.)

ANYWAY! Petty vents - feels good to let them out. Thank you for providing the platform.[/quote]

Given all of the above it would actually be pretty weird if you DID have a nativity scene set up. Jewish people and non practicing Christians aren’t exactly setting up big birth of Christ scenes all over their homes. [/quote]

Which is what I tell my MIL every time this comes up! That's when she tells me that the trees have no religious meanings and the nativity scenes are just nice and holiday-like. This morning I bursted out something ridiculous about Jewish assimilation and then ran into my bedroom to shower. I should have just told her that her son doesn't want them and dropped it.[/quote]

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