Christmas
Thinking about those who work Christmas day
I spent some time yesterday thanking all those who were on the job, performing necessary tasks
Christmas
Is it asking too much to READ the damn card?
Always read the small print. As I took it out of its envelope, this is how the Christmas card looked — all lush colors and ingratiating words. It kind of made me feel all gooey and appreciated, a great feeling for Christmas morning. Then I opened and read the message inside.
Christmas
Merry Christmas?
Merry Christmas! Really? With Omicron raging, backing up Delta, with homicides exploding, authoritarianism gaining ground here and there, our racial crisis still unresolved, with its parallel effect — woke notions that merit and math are racist. Yes, even with that. Not for families who have lost a loved one, but that
Christmas
Pick a card, a Christmas card
I sometimes think I am the last person in the world who sends out Christmas cards (also Hanukkah cards). But since I get cards from friends and relatives, I know that’s not true. Christmas is the largest “card time” of the year, with about 2 billion being sent. That’
Christmas
Christmas cards, anyone?
Do you send out Christmas cards? To whom? How many? Why? No one sends cards any more, right? You tweet, you text, you message on Facebook. Who wants the expense of buying cards and standing in long lines to buy the postage? It’s all so 20th Century. Me, that’
Hanukkah
Here comes Hanukkah, no matter how you spell it
The religious scholars tell us (Jews) that Hanukkah (the holiday formerly known as Chanukah) is not among the important holidays on the Jewish calendar. So why does it get so much prominence, starting at sundown, 4:51 Thursday on the East Coast? And why do Jewish holidays begin at night