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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Jewish and grew up in what was then the atheist USSR. Everyone put up a tree for New Year's and celebration of all religious holidays, whether Jewish or Christian or whatever, including Christmas, was discouraged.

I still associate decorating a tree with celebrating the new year. After we had kids with my Asian non-Christian husband, we started putting up a tree, festively decorated but not in red/green/white Christmas colors. We also light the menorah.

To those who feel weird that I'm coopting a Christian holiday, (a) the holiday is imposed on me, and this is the best way for me to deal with hit, rather than declaring war on Christmas, having it be removed from the list of federal holidays because I'm not supposed to celebrate it, and so on, and (b) because this has become our family tradition during the 70-some years in which the USSR existed.

To all the Jews with holiday trees, enjoy your version of this tradition, and don't worry about the naysayers. Having pine in the house makes the whole place smell wonderful and lights up the darkest days of the year. :)[/quote]

My Eastern European jewish friends celebrate with a tree and Father Frost on New Years. [/quote]

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