Comments on: The 12 8 days of Xmas Hanukkah http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/12/the-12-8-days-of-xmas-hanukkah/ Your one-stop guide for all things Israel. Search, find, enjoy! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ashley http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/12/the-12-8-days-of-xmas-hanukkah/#comment-6268 Ashley Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:53:18 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=4115#comment-6268 Christmas "criminal"? If somebody had said that to me I would given them a right mouthful... My Christmas tree is stood proudly in the living room window, neighbors have already commented about the lights a-twinkling. Frankly I don't care if it bothers them. If they're narrow-minded enough to not accept me and my tree, I'm happier not bothering with them... Christmas “criminal”? If somebody had said that to me I would given them a right mouthful…

My Christmas tree is stood proudly in the living room window, neighbors have already commented about the lights a-twinkling. Frankly I don’t care if it bothers them. If they’re narrow-minded enough to not accept me and my tree, I’m happier not bothering with them…

]]> By: Jami http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/12/the-12-8-days-of-xmas-hanukkah/#comment-6243 Jami Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:56:25 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=4115#comment-6243 Maybe it's because I'm a Christians who lives (or will be living again in) Israel instead of a Jew but sometimes it definitely feels uncool to celebrate Christmas there. I've been told Christmas is either embarrassing or meaningless or even down right criminal. Of course there are Israelis who don't care either way but Christmas is increasingly becoming a very hard thing to swallow there. It didn't help coming across this article in Ynet either: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3815175,00.html Maybe it’s because I’m a Christians who lives (or will be living again in) Israel instead of a Jew but sometimes it definitely feels uncool to celebrate Christmas there. I’ve been told Christmas is either embarrassing or meaningless or even down right criminal. Of course there are Israelis who don’t care either way but Christmas is increasingly becoming a very hard thing to swallow there.

It didn’t help coming across this article in Ynet either:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3815175,00.html

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]]> By: חנוכה vs. Christmas « Gefilte Fish Out of Water http://igoogledisrael.com/2009/12/the-12-8-days-of-xmas-hanukkah/#comment-6240 חנוכה vs. Christmas « Gefilte Fish Out of Water Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:06:38 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/?p=4115#comment-6240 [...] column is up now at iGoogledIsrael.  Imagine a world where Christmas gets the token nod instead of Hanukkah.  Plus: how to still get [...] [...] column is up now at iGoogledIsrael.  Imagine a world where Christmas gets the token nod instead of Hanukkah.  Plus: how to still get [...]

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