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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not aware of Jewish families celebrating Christmas.

Interfaith families? Sure.

But loads of Jewish families putting up a Christmas tree and going to Mass?

Yeah ... no.[/quote]

The example was a Hanukkah tree, not going to mass—which only applies to a small percentage of Christians. I live in the DMV and I know several Jewish families with Hanukkah trees.

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Ok and ... ?

A Christmas tree isn’t religious. Neither is a Hanukkah bush or whatever. [/quote]

A Christmas tree is absolutely religious. It’s something that originated hundreds of years ago in Europe abd has become very much a religious symbol —- kind of like how a Seder didn’t start until the Middle Ages and has now become ingrained in Jewish culture.

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Not at all the same thing.

Christmas trees started out in pagan festivals.

The Passover holiday has always been sacred. Never secular. [/quote]

You lose credibility when you disparage others religious symbols, while asking for respect for your own...

Regardless, both seders and Christmas trees originated in Europe hundreds of years ago. However, Passover is in the Christian Bible. It very explicitly describes the unleavened bread, wine, lamb, etc. That is part of Christianity. I’m sorry you don’t like it.

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Seders did not originate in Europe! What the hell are you talking about?

The modern Seder originated with Rabbinical Judaism. The main tenets of our Haggadah were set by about 500-600 CE. [/quote]

And lest you need a citation for that: https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/passover/passover-history

Celebrated in various ways throughout history, Passover incorporates remnants of ancient spring harvest festivals. When the Temple existed, the holiday was one of three major festivals that required pilgrimages to Jerusalem to bring sacrifices. After the destruction of the Second Temple, Passover became a more communal, home-centered holiday, with the Haggadah and the seder as we know them mostly finalized around 500-600 C.E.

Yeah ... not Europe. [/quote]

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