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Oh LG! You make me laugh.
Santa - the other, other white meat?
"The Wit and Wisdom of LG" surely has to make it to the top of the bestseller list for next Christmas.
Pray tell, how do I ensure that my children will be as funny as yours?
Love it.
Neighbor Girl told me before winter break that their class had an actual *visit* from Santa in the classroom (apparently the grandmother of someone's nanny!) . It was the same day they showed a PG movie in class (an issue that has since been resolved wonderfully and thoughfully by the principal, whom I love).
I was going to rant about the santa thing in the same letter where I ranted about the PG movie thing, but then I decided that since they had let Neighbor Girl get up in class to sing the latke song (Lots of latkes!) and some others, that I would hold my tongue-lashing about Santa until I find out whether they manage to get through Spring without bringing in Easter bunnies that lay colored eggs.
Sigh.
Oh, come on. He's not shellfish, and he doesn't have cloven hooves. I think he's plenty kosher, as long as you don't eat him with dairy. In other words, grilled Santa? Yes. Santa Stroganoff, on the other hand, is right out.
hee hee. Or should I say ho ho?
Mmmm, Santa Stroganoff.
So I'm dying to know, what did he draw?
And the un-kosher-ness (surely there's an actual word for that) of Santa is duly noted.
LG makes me smile!
That boy just keeps getting more entertaining. 
Jane Dark is cracking me up.
And LG? Well, there are some late night shows in desperate need of jokes...
LG is just so sweet!
Esperanza, the best part is that he drew a Christmas tree, carolers, a star of Bethlehem, and... Jesus.
So, in his mind, Jesus is kosher, but Santa? Is treif.
(That's the Official Term for unkosher, nu?)
Jane, 
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Sorry, this is an opportunity for one of my awful jokes...
One rabbi is talking to another:
"So, my son went off to college and he came back and he says he's a Christian! What should I do?"
The other rabbi shakes his head and says, "It's horrible! My son too! He went off to school and came back a Christian. We should pray about this."
They both get together to pray for guidance. While they are praying, suddenly there is a booming voice, "You know, it's funny that you should mention it..."
Tah dah!
Anyway I figure Jesus is pretty darn Jewish anyway, right?
Split hoof, chews his cud ... Rudolph is just waiting for a visit from the shochet.
It's the glass of milk that goes with the cookies, right?
Santa ala bourdelaise with Elf sauce. Yum. Yum. (/Bugs and Daffy)
Huh. Does that mean he's trayf?
Ha! I would say that LG understands better what Christmas is really about than a lot of Christians. And it's not even his holiday. That's a smart kid.
Yes, I was about to say what Rev. Dr. Mom said--Christian kids would draw Santa, but your precious Jewish kid draws Jesus! At least he gets that Christmas is about Jesus. Is Jesus kosher? And thanks for the vocab lesson--now that you say it, I did know that word, thanks. Sleep deprived brain is not functioning so well.
That is so cool that they're learning about all different holidays at LG's school. Not so much over here, alas, despite the real actual religious diversity that exists here (it was with bittersweet thanks that I accepted the ornament MG made for us in class).
(Excuse the extended comment--maybe I'll get up the emotional energy to actually post about it this week.)
I so heart LG.
Yeah, we had to explain Christmas this year, and why we don't celebrate (were protected by the language barrier before, and our Old Country language preschool), and she is now way into telling people she doesn't celebrate it. Funny.
Our school had all the kids write letters to Santa AND receive letters from him. Oh, they did have a little discussion of Hanukkah and RAMADAN (never mind that it was celebrated during the early autumn this year), though they skipped Diwali & Kwanzaa, and forget about Wiccan Yule . . . . My (Jewish) daughter came home singing " . . . the everlasting glory, the prince of thieves! King of kings, and lord of lords . . . "
And no, she hasn't seen that movie. I try to show her only GOOD movies. 
*sigh* The school issue is so depressing....and illegal...and destructive of all religions and cultures. The subtle distinction LG has drawn is brilliant.
My AP observed that non-kosher ( :D ) things were happening, so she sent a nice email reminding us of the difference between teaching something and teaching ABOUT something, with the ADL guidelines attached. It was broadly ignored (e.g., the woman who teaches across the hall from me with the lit, decorated Christmas tree in her room; the person who is camped in MY office for the duration til the new school is finished who sent an email recommending northpole.com to all, played carols loudly on her computer for a frickin' month, and hung a Christmas decoration on MY door). I've gotten flack for recommending we have Secret SNowflakes instead of Secret Santas...but the AP went with Snowflakes!
After 8 years perched on the precipice overlooking hell, if Huckabee should win (God forbid), it's time to go to New Zealand.
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