When you are in a multi-denominational family or relationship, the holiday season can be confusing, stressful, interesting or fun, depending on your point of view. I prefer to take the latter view. As a witch raised Christian dating a Jew, this holiday season offers me a wealth of opportunities for celebrating and merry making.

I like to open presents on Christmas Eve. Last night we popped a bottle of champagne and snacked on dumplings and shrimp. After presents - eight for each day of Hannukah - we had dinner and watched the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD. This morning we drank hot cocoa with marshmallows outside by the fire pit, followed by a breakfast of homemade popovers. Thanks honey! Tonight, like good Jews, we're going out for Chinese.

You would have to have been vacationing on another planet, or perhaps on some desert isle, to have missed the recent War on Christmas kerfuffle. I don't understand why some people seem to feel that their ability to celebrate Christmas is somehow compromised by including expressions of good cheer to those celebrating other holidays at this time of year. Wishing someone Happy Holidays simply seems to suggest that whatever holiday one happens to be celebrating the wisher hopes it is a happy one and seems like common courtesy to me. I, for one, am happy to embrace the festive richness of living in a multi-cultural, multi-denominational world.

Goddess bless us every one!

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 7:57 AM