Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Yes Virginia, There is No Santa Claus for Jews
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains to Georgians what Jews do to escape when the oppression of Santa Claus and candy canes gets to be too much.
"Jews eat foods fried in oil, such as potato latkes or sufganiyot (a type of doughnut), to remind them of the miracle of the oil."And this is precisely why I am Jewish. Mmm...the miracle of mozzarella sticks and chicken fingers. Though I did particularly enjoy the author's explanations of a variety of Hannukah traditions, both old and new, and how they are actually just derivative of things Christian...well that and the reference to them Maccabean "zealots."
