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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a Jewish guy engaged to a Catholic woman.  We haven't encountered this issue yet, because we've lived separate til now, but I fully expect a big, bright Christmas tree in my house next Christmas.  I've seen how much joy she gets from decorating the tree and the rituals.  To deny that to her would just be cruel. I even proposed on Christmas Eve, in part because I thought that would make it more special to her and her family. To be sure, I'm not particularly religious, so to me it is easy -- I see something that brings her a lot of happiness at no or little cost to me.  But I think the broader point is:  if you know it makes her happy--and it makes you happy, when it is her home -- why would you ever even think curtailing that?  How could you do that to a loved one?  Perhaps it's because your religious beliefs are stronger than your love of her.  If so, you should own up to that, and recognize its primacy in your heart.  As someone who thinks it is really hard to find someone that you love deeply and want to be with, I think that would be really, really stupid.  But if that's your conviction, so be it.  I think you need to ask yourself why it seems like a big deal to you and assess appropriately.  I wish you luck.  
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