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My older daughter is definitely going thru some serious x-mas jealousy this year.
Until this year she has been attending the JCC Preschool where they would celebrate Hanukkah. We also used to live in San Francisco in a very diverse neighborhood.
This year-- we moved to the suburbs (I'm still adjusting--- different post all together) she goes to public school and houses in our neighborhood are fully decorated for x-mas.
I was talking to a friend about "x-mas envy" , is it the gift, Santa, decoration, what is it that kids love about x-mas, or more specifically what does my Jewish girl is jealous of?
I don't think it's Santa- we went to her ballet class last Saturday and her teacher, self promoting the school's new sweater was saying to the girls:" maybe you can ask Santa for one", my daughter looked up to me and made a funny look as if saying- silly teacher, I don't have Santa, so clearly Santa is not the THING.
I also don't think it's the gifts, my friend was recommending I reinforced the fact that in Hanukkah you get a gift every night but I believe she has so much "stuff" and she gets things all the time so a point that gifts while still exciting are not the THING either.
With her, as it became clear this week, wondering around the neighborhood- it's the holiday decoration, she just loves GLITZ. The sparkly lights, the shiny, frilly ribbons.
There isn't really a punch line to this post, as it turns out we are going out of the country for a week for my younger sister's wedding so we are just putting this topic off for yet another year.
Happy holidays everyone, enjoy your families, the holiday food, the decor/ glitz, gifts or whatever that THING is for you.
Niran
