People wishing her a "Merry Christmas"... how oppressy. I suggest we modify our holiday motto to "Hail Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior and the King of the Jews." Isn't that more inclusive? It certainly has a nice rhythm to it.
As discussed in Put Saturn Back in Saturnalia, Christmas is only nominally a Christian holiday. Most people who celebrate Christmas don't go to church regularly, and a great many go only on Christmas and Easter. Even for those who do, religious aspects play a minor role. Jesus gets an hour at mass and maybe a passing reference in prayer before the family dinner. Counter that with dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars spent on hanging lights, trimming tees, wrapping presents, wrestling Black Friday crowds, and so on. Actions speak louder than words, and 95+% of Christmas activities are secular.
Jews in American are even more secular than Christians. I don't know much about Julia Ioffe, but if she fits the mold of your typical east-coast mainstream media Jew, she goes to Temple three times a year, but probably not at all. Jewish doesn't denominate a religion so much as an identity group, and one that is getting increasingly watered down. The quip about why older Jews hate Trump so much is they're jealous that his grandchildren are more Jewish than theirs are.
Christmas is the season where secular Jews get all butthurt about what secular Christians are up to. Miss Ioffe, an immigrant to America, is greatly troubled that Americans of all types love Christmas and wish to share cheer with others. She should put up (a tree) or shut up. But then, she wouldn't be a proper liberal elitist if she wasn't telling people in distant lands how they should live, so perhaps this is all just a ploy to build street cred amongst her ilk. This Christmas season, while you're at home having a joyous holiday with your happy family, take a moment to remember that these people are deeply miserable. So make sure to give a cheerful Merry Christmas to everyone you meet, in the off-chance they are a deeply weary and alienated east coast liberal. And tonight, when you're setting out the cookies and milk for Santa, leave an extra one on behalf of Julia Ioffe, the saddest Jew on Christmas Eve.
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