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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We celebrate both in our house too.  DW was brougt up vaguely Catholic, I was brought up Jewish.  We agreed to raise the kids Jewish, but DW wanted to keep the tradition of celebrating Christmas - and I don't blame her.

So we have a secular Christmas - a tree, ornaments, Christmas morning, Santa - the whole kit and kaboodle, but no Jesus.  It's just a special time to create memories and be with family and appreciate everything we have.

[b]But we go to Temple, kids have been Bar Mitzvahed, and we celebrate all the Jewish holidays.

The kids get it.  They understand that they are Jewish kids[/b], and a secular Christmas doesn't make them any less so.

Christmas and Chanukah both have their origins as pagan holidays anyway.[/quote]

I wonder what your kids' families will be like -- I suspect even less Jewish, the way things are going. [/quote]

Doubtful. her kids have a jewish identity. As has been said upthread, that's more predictive of their future identities than the degree to which they embrace Christmas. [/quote]

As a adults, they may fail to embrace  either religion.   It happens to a lot of people.  Also, one kid might stay in the faith and another might leave.  That happens a lot too despite the fact that all kids were raised in the same home with the same set of beliefs.  Personalities make a huge difference, and in countries like the US, where there is freedom of religion, many people change their beliefs and practices as they get older and are influenced by marrying outside of their family's faith -- as witnessed right here on this thread. [/quote]

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