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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back.

I know it's June. School just got out and people are looking ahead at the school calendar for next year. If you've never been part of the obnoxious discussions about school closures on non-Christian holidays, good for you; stay far away from those discussions online and in person. Someone inevitably points out that schools close for two weeks for Christmas (and a week tied to Easter), so a day here and there for Yom Kippur and Diwali is not a big deal. And then the cultural Christians pop out of the woodwork to opine about how [i]everyone [/i]can celebrate Christmas, because Santa isn't Christian, so what's the big deal? And by not decorating our house and making cookies for Santa, we're denying our kids the magic of Christmas. Or they admit that it has religious elements, but it's also just a secular American holiday, so anyone who doesn't celebrate it isn't doing the American thing. Those are the people I take issue with. I just don't understand what their goal is.[/quote]

Jew here. OP, I have never engaged in any discussions about non-Christian holidays in June, nor have I ever had anyone tell me I'm denying my kids any magic at Christmas. I don't see how it's possible for this particular chain of conversation to make its way to the end point you describe (which does sound frustrating) unless you make absolutely no effort to change the subject and/or continue to take each piece in a long series of baits. Feels like you can avoid this whole problem! Very easily![/quote]

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