Things Jews Do Around The Holidays
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Things Jews Do Around The Holidays

While many are currently baking Christmas cookies and setting up their trees, what are the Jews doing? Well here are some things you can catch them doing around the holiday season.

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Things Jews Do Around The Holidays

December, the time for the holidays. While those who are celebrate Christmas are decorating their trees, the Jews? While some of us have Haunkkah bushes, there are a few traditions we like to carry on around the holidays.

We hit up the movies.

Yes, this stereotype is true.There's nothing else to say. Around the holidays we spend practically everyday here.

We listen to Barry Manilow's Christmas album.

It's a bit ironic when Jewish artists make Christmas albums. But any typical Jewish mother loves her Barry Manilow, especially around the holidays.

We wear Neil Diamond Christmas sweaters.

Who said we can't get into the Christmas sweater tradition? Thank you Neil Diamond for making this legendary sweater.

Yes, we do like Chinese food.

This stereotype is also true. While people have their Christmas meals, you can catch the Jewish community at your local Chinese restaurant. Or sometimes we switch it up and go get pizza.

We get "lit" by the menorah.

It's the nightly tradition for eight days in December. Let's get "lit" by the menorah.

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.

While some of us might actually like the game, most of us just play so we can get free chocolate.

CHALLAh

This sweater is an accurate depiction of what we do when we see challah, a traditional Jewish bread. We "cHALLAh" because it's so good.

Some of us have a "Haunkkah" bush.

While some look more like Christmas trees than others, who said we can't have some sort of decoration besides our Menorah?

We have our own holiday movies.

Ok, we don't have many holiday movies. But Adam Sandler gave us this one so that's a start.

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