Friday, December 22, 2006
Christmukah, West Coast style, part 2
What is a West Coast Christmukah without adaptation, otherwise known as compromise? If you don’t have sufganiyot, those little jelly-filled doughnuts, you go to Tim Horton’s and get an assortment of Timbits. If you don’t have traditional potato latkes, you make a low-fat version in a cast iron frying pan on a BBQ. We lit Chanukah candles and played Chanukah music, but also had a Christmas tree and played Christmas music. We exchanged Chaunkah gifts on Friday night, and Christmas gifts on Saturday night. The children enjoyed the gifts equally, not matter what type of paper was used to wrap them. The older kids entertained the middle kids, who entertained the younger ones, and a good time was had by all. Grandson #2 (designation by age) had a soccer game and his sisters formed a cheering section. The baby had great fun walking around the great glass windows, leaving little baby prints behind him. (I felt I should have chipped in for a big bottle of Windex.) I got to know grandson #1 a little better, and appreciate him a lot more. I can’t remember my password to upload photos here but I did put some up as a Google web album.