A little early are we eh?

1. Have you started Christmas Shopping yet?
Even though I don't do it, I probably will be shopping a lot this year cause I'm gonna be away on vacation in Israel, I might get something for my Christian/Christmas-celebrating friends while I'm there.

2. What's on your wish-list?
Well, since September, tickets to fly there have been on my wish list since a lot of my friends are going there around that time. I had to pull a lot of strings in order to get them but thankfully I'm leaving on the 23rd. So pumped.

3. Is Christmas losing its spirit to crass commercialism or multiculturalism and the political-correctness brigade?
I haven't really noticed much of a difference, the whole religious political correct thing has never been an issue, I mean, the holiday season in the states wouldn't be the same without the lights and the windows and the stuff downtown and whatnot, even for those who don't celebrate.
Also it's funny how here Hannukah gets the most attention when it's barely even a major Jewish holiday, it just happens to be around the same time as Christmas and that's why most non-Jews know about it. In Israel, for instance, where our holidays are actually commercialized in the same way that Christmas/Halloween/Easter/Thanksgiving are here, it's all about Passover, LB, and Purim. Hannukah is also a bit, but not nearly as much as certain other holidays. The one thing I can think of that it actually has in common with Christmas besides the time is that it's got the most songs associated with it.