keraunochristos
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One of my best friends is Jewish, but every Christmas, he becomes a little brat because he hates hearing Christmas music played in all the stores and at the malls and on the radio. Being Christian myself, I don't mind it at all and, in fact, I love Christmas music (even year 'round).
For something like ten years I've put up with his whining and moaning over the Christmas holidays, and he gets offended when someone says "Merry Christmas" to him at the stores (I live in a small town, so when he visits, people still say this charming salutation, rather than the more PC "happy holidays"). He's loosened up in recent years, but...
Would it be wrong to—after I smack him around a little—tell him that pretty much everything I eat all year round has a hechsher mark stamped on it? That means that almost everything I'm consuming, even Coke-made-with-sucrose, is, essentially, "Jewish" lol. I don't know how else to go about saying to him that I've never once commented on this, but for about one month of the year, he can put up with the Christmasness of the towns we live in, and for 12 months of the year, I can put up with his rabbinical symbols in my Christian home!
Okay, I'm writing all this with tongue-in-cheek, there is absolutely nothing prejudiced going on here. So my question is simple: Can I make this argument to him, or not!
And I would love to hear everyone's opinion. Thanks!
For something like ten years I've put up with his whining and moaning over the Christmas holidays, and he gets offended when someone says "Merry Christmas" to him at the stores (I live in a small town, so when he visits, people still say this charming salutation, rather than the more PC "happy holidays"). He's loosened up in recent years, but...
Would it be wrong to—after I smack him around a little—tell him that pretty much everything I eat all year round has a hechsher mark stamped on it? That means that almost everything I'm consuming, even Coke-made-with-sucrose, is, essentially, "Jewish" lol. I don't know how else to go about saying to him that I've never once commented on this, but for about one month of the year, he can put up with the Christmasness of the towns we live in, and for 12 months of the year, I can put up with his rabbinical symbols in my Christian home!
Okay, I'm writing all this with tongue-in-cheek, there is absolutely nothing prejudiced going on here. So my question is simple: Can I make this argument to him, or not!
And I would love to hear everyone's opinion. Thanks!