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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Christmas and Valentines Day are secular now, Guys.  Enjoy! [/quote]

Well so are Rosh Hahahah and Yom Kippur --- just join Machar, the Jewish secular synagogue, to see that they are secular!

So if that is part of your heritage or not, you can enjoy!  Not that I see why non-Jews every embracing our most important holidays.

But, please don't tell us Jews that because Christmas, which celebrates the birth of a person who other worship as a god, has become secular, Jews should embrace it.  It's commendable for Jews to keep their unique culture and not assimilate with the majority Christian culture.  I personally admire Jews who show that Christmas is not an "American" holiday any more than Hanukkah is -- American means diverse religions so no religious holiday is an "American" one.[/quote]

I think we Jews should embrace it. We can still keep our culture and assimilate at the same time.[/quote]

NP. And how is that working out for us? 75% of Reform Jews intermarry and they and their kids predictably stop keeping any traditions. The only Jewish movement that’s actually growing is Orthodox. Because they refuse to assimilate. [/quote]

DH is Jewish and his family had a Christmas tree.  My sense is that last generation Jews felt pretty secure in their Judaism and hence not that threatened by celebrating Christmas.  In addition, they may not have wanted their kids to miss out or be disadvantaged by not getting to share in the most kid-centered Christian holiday.  But for their kids, I honestly thinking celebrating Christmas any any other Christian religion is a bit more of a step towards completely losing their Jewish culture.  If you aren't actively religious, are several generations removed from people who were actively religions, AND celebrate Christian holidays ... then yeah, your kids are likely not going to identify as Jewish at all.  For that reason, I understand why my brother in law has completely decided "no Christmas" in his household.  OTOH my DH doesn't really care if our DS identifies as Jewish or not, so we do Christmas and Hannukah.  [/quote]

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