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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Jewish and I wouldn't do it, OP.  It's funny because just today, my 15 year old DS told me his favorite holiday is Christmas.  But, he means it in general - in the public excitement,  of peppermint candy, school breaks and decorations. But as a family, we don't celebrate Christmas - we celebrate our own holidays.

I love that he loves Christmas and usually helps decorate a friends' tree. And gives Christmas gifts to those who celebrate and generally loves to buy gingerbread smelling soap or whatever.

But he is being raised Jewish, we encourage our holidays with our family and the love of our religion and it's celebrations.  I think it's an opportunity to teach your kid more about being Jewish --- and not just a copy cat countdown calendar or whatever. Figure out what you want her to learn about Chanukah and start teaching.[/quote]

Being raised a Christian doesn't prevent me from enjoying matzah ball soup, or loving the All of a Kind Family books, or playing the dreidel game.  Chinese New Year is pretty cool too.  Raising a child in your religion, shouldn't mean the exclusion of enjoying other cultural traditions.  [/quote]

But you are not a Jew, and you are not familiar either with the particular rules within the Jewish religion about taking on customs not our own, nor about the challenges of maintaining our civilization as a small minority.   Nor raising a Jewish child in this world.  In fact you may not even be aware that Judaism is not just a "religion" but a civilization and culture that goes well beyond what Christians define as "religion" [/quote]

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