Tablet: "most un-Jewish time of year"

 

Follow Tablet Magazine: December 20, 2010   Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas The ten best holiday songs penned by Jews Daybreak: Unheard of Chutzpah Plus Harvey Milk's camera shop, and more in the news A Short History of Words New Google tool reveals relative popularity of 'shmuck,' 'Zionist,' other terms More from THE SCROLL Santa Pause What are Jewish parents to do when every show on television drips with Christmas cheer? Here are four strategies for managing your children's expectations in this most un-Jewish time of year. BY MARJORIE INGALL Maxine, my 5-year-old, was home sick last week, dripping snot and hacking like a two-pack-a-day smoker in Boca. I drugged her up, plunked her down on the couch, wrapped her in a blanket, and put on Nick Jr. (Don't judge.) As I sat with my laptop in the next room, I could hear an endless succession of ho-ho-hos and jingling bells. Dora's ice-pick voice stabbed my brain: Swiper! Give that present back to Santa, por favor! More 'Blade II' and Fried Rice When the writer and performer Janice Erlbaum volunteered to work Christmas Eve at a shelter for homeless teens, the girls confronted her with a hard question: "Why are you here?" More BY VOX TABLET On the Bookshelf Women and work, women and prayer: from ancient Rome to contemporary Brooklyn More BY JOSH LAMBERT

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