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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, DCUM never disappoints! This is the OP. I genuinely appreciate the dialogue here (even the snark).

For the record, I did say in my original post that I know the advent calendar has religious significance, as opposed to just being a cultural symbol. Hence my reluctance to bring it into our home, even though we're clearly secular/cultural Jews (as opposed to observant/religious Jews). I especially appreciate hearing from those who identify with the more religious aspects of the Christmas season as to why they find secular advent calendars problematic -- and I agree, they should just be called "holiday countdown calendars" and that way they would probably sell a heckuva lot more and everyone would win! Think of the marketing possibilities there... you could customize it for whatever holiday you're counting down to and sell little candies or toys separately to fit the season... but I digress.

To the PP who said I am overthinking this -- of course I am! As I do everything related to how to integrate Judaism into our family's life. We haven't enrolled DD in Sunday School because I am still not sure how much "Jewishness" I personally want to raise her with. She goes to shul with my dad 1-2 times/month, she's learning about the cycle of holidays, she identifies as Jewish in the sense that she knows we celebrate Hanukkah (not Christmas) and Passover (not Easter). The one thing I do know is that I don't want to raise her the way I was raised (traditional egalitarian conservative Jewish experience of the 1980s).

I think a chocolate a day is the way to go here. [/quote]

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