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    Image of Ms Meghan Ms Meghan
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    I approve of the choice in picture for this article. Also I would like to add this (for anyone who's read the book):

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    "But, half-assed! cry the critics"

    I thought this was what people usually say about Hanukkah in general? It's basically an apocryphal holiday, and not even a particularly fun one unless you're merging it with Christmas, in which case all bets are off anyway.
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    12/11/09

    @pesematology: Who says it's an apocryphal holiday? I think that's the wrong word usage. The Talmud is totally on board with the holiday. But what people complain about is the influence of Christmas that has resulted in heavy present-giving on the holiday.
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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    12/11/09

    @deeemer: Well it happened in post-Biblical times.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    I'm so sick of people representing my community making an issue out of something that isn't even a high holiday. The only reason Chanukah gets so much attention is because it's time coincides with Christmas.

    Everyone knows Purim is the most fun holiday anyhow, lemme hear your clackers peeps! Can a brother get a Hamen up in this mug?
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    12/11/09

    @logruszed: People really under-Esther-mate Purim, in my opinion... ;-)
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    Image of rah29 rah29
    12/11/09

    @logruszed: Hell to the yeah. On Purim it's a mitzvah to get drunk. Beats Chanukah every time, even though I love the fried foods!
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    12/11/09

    @LaComtesse: I love you.
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    12/11/09

    @logruszed: Purim is the funnest one, hands down, but Passover and Succot always have my heart, somehow.
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    Image of Thus Spake KATE! Thus Spake KATE!
    12/11/09

    @LaComtesse: thats probably one of the most absurd puns ive ever read/heard, but...i cant stop laughing...
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    Image of pileofmonkeys pileofmonkeys
    12/11/09

    @logruszed: I love Purim and all its hamentaschen goodness. I still have a few clackers (why can I not remember what they're called? I just referenced them earlier this week) from 20+ years ago.
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    12/11/09

    @pileofmonkeys: ra'ashan. :)
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Did the Social Secretary invite herself?
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    Image of thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe. thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Did they invite the Black Eyed Peas to perform?

    "Fill up my cup (Drank!)
    Mazel tov (La chaim!)"
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    None of them Muslims can get Hanukkah right.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Just imagine how embarrassed they'll all be when someone tells them that Hanukkah is by far not the most important holiday on the Jewish calendar.
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    Image of rah29 rah29
    12/11/09

    @andBegorrah: That's what I was thinking. Like wow, that's an awful lot of effort for a minor holiday... I only remembered to light candles this afternoon. Did it become a big deal in the US because it coincides roughly with Christmas, or what?

    Edit to add: I'm actually more irritated by the fact that American Christians make a massive deal out of Chanukah for that reason. It's like, way to barely even attempt anything other than a cursory 'it's like Jewish Christmas'.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/11/09

    @rah29: Exactly. I'll be impressed when I see Joe Biden in a Purim costume. (And not just because of the slash fic I've already written involving that scenario.)
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    12/11/09

    @andBegorrah: I've always though Biden would make a lovely Queen Esther.
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    Image of rah29 rah29
    12/11/09

    @andBegorrah: That. Was the most Disturbing. Thing. Imaginable.

    But also kind of amazing.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/11/09

    @rah29: Oh my god, that's what one of my characters says!!
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    Image of funnyface funnyface
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    I can't believe no one has had Rabbi Shmuley of Shalom in the Home weigh in on the matter.
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    12/11/09

    @funnyface: He totally has. Just everyone is ignoring him. As usual.
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    Image of TransFat TransFat
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Levi Shemtov, ladies and gentleman! Straight from the Borcht Belt and into our hearts.

    Goodname by the way.
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    Image of Caeristhiona Caeristhiona
    12/13/09

    @TransFat: Ani ohevet otach. Meod. :D
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    12/14/09

    @Caeristhiona: Toda! Gam ani :)

    I would toss out more hebrew but I've forgotten all sense of grammar haha. My Israeli friends pat me on the head.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Hanukkah? I believe that's an old, old wooden ship. From the Civil War era.
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    Image of IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
    12/11/09

    @morninggloria: I don't think anyone really knows what it means. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
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    Image of ucelluccia ucelluccia
    12/11/09

    @morninggloria: Um, not trying to be a bitch, but, actually? It literally translates to a whale's vagina.
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    12/11/09

    @IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: What? Chanukah means "dedication".
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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    And Teh Crazy miraculously lasted eight nights...
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    Image of wordinedgewise wordinedgewise
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Baruch Oybama.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/11/09

    @wordinedgewise: Hey-oh!!
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    12/11/09

    @wordinedgewise: Barack itself is actually from the Hebrew Bible. He was a general under the Judge, Deborah.
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    Um, Bush's invitations to last year's Chanukkah party depicted reindeer, a sleigh and mistletoe.

    Just throwing that out there.
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    12/11/09

    @Tchotchke: Ugh, and here I was ready to give him a begrudging props for hosting the first one at the White House.
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    Image of FactCat FactCat
    12/11/09

    @Tchotchke: Well to be fair, none of those things have anything to do with Christmas either.
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    Image of Tchotchke Tchotchke
    12/11/09

    @FactCat: Maybe from a Biblical standpoint, but from a cultural one, they do.
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    Image of FactCat FactCat
    12/11/09

    @Tchotchke: Yeah, well.

    I sent my Jewish grandmother and aunt and uncle "holiday" cards a couple of years ago that simply depicted a bare pine tree and the text "season's greetings." I thought that was fine, but my mom (the non-Jewish parent) told me that was probably too Christmassy. It's a pine tree! Why does Christmas automatically get reign over pine trees? It's not like it had a bunch of tinsel drawn on it and big fucking star on top.
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    Image of slightlyhardup slightlyhardup
    12/11/09

    @FactCat: I wanted to buy my nephew a sweater with a penguin on it and my mom told me it was too Christmassy. I think that is stretching it a little. It's a cute penguin in a toque. How is that Christmas?
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    Image of staryberry staryberry
    12/11/09

    @EndangeredRed: The Clintons did Hannukah as well. I remember one of the little girls lighting the menorah accidentally caught her hair on fire. Bill Clinton himself rushed patted it out with his hands.
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    Image of ucelluccia ucelluccia
    12/11/09

    @slightlyhardup:
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    Image of EndangeredRed EndangeredRed
    12/11/09

    @staryberry: See?! Points earned, Bill Clinton.
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    Image of slightlyhardup slightlyhardup
    12/11/09

    @ucelluccia: Ok, well those specifc penguins are on the Chrismas side, what with their being a baby Jesus penguin and all. But I'm pretty sure we can slap a yarmulke on a penguin too!
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    Image of midwesternmom midwesternmom
    12/11/09

    In reply to Don't Be Tardy To The Strangely-Controversial Obama Party
    So that is why I just saw Michaele Salahi buying a yarmulke.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/26/09

    In reply to No Such Thing As A Free Trip
    Oy vey. 10 Jews, 50 opinions. My people, my people. #birthrighttrips
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