Let's face it, being a Jew in Nazi Germany was really bad. I mean really bad, as everyone except a few kooks will admit. But being a Jew during the Christmas season is absolutely fabulous. It's quite relaxing, with none of that running around getting a tree and then decorating it, hanging holiday lights in the yard, buying gifts and then wrapping them, planning parties, shopping for food for big dinners, and facing the horrors of flying, driving or training to faraway places, all in the name of someone nobody even thinks about anymore. Yes, I mean Jesus Christ.
The following headlines are splashed across the pages of my two home-delivered newspapers this morning. And that's just today; this has been going on for weeks already.
Families advised to keep gatherings small and vaccinated over holidays
Seeking a COVID test before Christmas won't be easy
Families reach financial edge in pandemic, with no money left for Christmas presents
Supply chain holdups imperil holiday gifts
Last-minute shoppers make weekend busy for retailers
COVID tests hard to get before Christmas gatherings
Secrets of grabbing the hot gifts online
What to know before flying home for the holidays
With so many people burdened with shopping, traveling, writing all those Christmas letters and sending out greeting cards, baking cookies, glazing hams and fighting for parking spaces at the Mall, things are quite calm for us Jews. It's a pleasure, really, and probably the only time when at least a few Christians might envy us.
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