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>>On a much lighter note, you've probably never had this conversation either:
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>>Other Person: So what are you doing for Christmas?
>>Me: I don't celebrate Christmas.
>>OP: You mean you don't go to church? But where are you having Christmas dinner?
>>Me: I'm not. I don't celebrate Christmas.
>>OP: But surely you have a tree?
>>Me: No, I don't celebrate Christmas.
>>OP: There are presents, right?
>>Me: No, I don't celebrate Christmas.
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>>I find the ignorance of some Christians in this multi-cultural country troubling. I have no problem with the people who have never encountered a Jew and ask honest questions about differences. But the folks who can't see that not everyone does things their way annoy me a lot.
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>>Tamar
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>I was working in Austin, TX when I had this conversation (paraphrased) with a college graduate co-worker.
>
>Him: Are you going to decorate your cube for Christmas this year?
>Me: I'm Jewish. I'll probably put up something about Channukah, but I don't celebrate Christmas.
>Him: You mean, you don't believe in the Little Baby Jesus?????????????

Exactly. How does someone grow up (and, in this case, go to college) in the US without knowing that there are people her other than Christians?

Tamar