Happy pre-Thanksgiving
Wednesday.
Are you ready for Thanksgiving?
Do you have your turkey all ready to go?
Do you have all of your side dishes ready to be served?
Do you have your masks, your proof of “vaccination,” lest your friends and loved ones won’t let you into their homes without them?
Those are among the questions one has to ask themselves this year as we get ready for the big holiday.
And this year, once again, we have a bit of a pleasant quandary, because for Jews in our country, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall just about the same time this year, with the Jewish “Festival of Lights” dawning at sunset on Sunday, November 28, just three days after Turkeyfest.
At least it isn’t on the same exact day as it has been a few times in the past, when Jews spun dreidels as they ate their turkey.
And in my house, when my father was alive, his birthday was also smack dab in the middle of all of that-on November 30—so it was real crazy time in my house.
Since the two holidays have some breathing room between them this year, it won’t be as crazy, but here is an edited Rant #1,073, November 29, 2013, to illustrate such a conflict:
“This year, for the first time in recent memory, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day on the calendar.
Actually, Thanksgiving and the first full day of Hanukkah fall on the same day this year.
Jewish holidays begin at sundown, so Hanukkah, actually, starts the night before Thanksgiving.
Now, I know that a large majority of the populace is not Jewish, so this really is of little or no concern to them.
But I am Jewish, so it is a major concern to me.
How do we light up the bird and the menorah at the same time?
When I think about it, all this might actually play into our hands as something better than we thought it would be.
We can now celebrate everything at once, not one thing at a time, so it might be beneficial to us.
But when you celebrate everything at once, it kind of dilutes each one, so maybe it isn't as beneficial as I thought it was.
The reason for the convergence of the two holidays this year?
It has to do with the Jewish calendar, which is very much unlike the calendar that we use.
The Jewish calendar has leap months--not days--and that is why Jewish holidays are never on the same day year to year, or at least one of the reasons. There are other reasons, but I won't go into them here.
Suffice it to say, the Jewish calendar is a pretty wild one year to year.”
So this year isn’t quite as bad as that year was, with one holiday literally jockeying for position with the other, but having them spaced out by three days is crazy enough.
Thanksgiving is really the best holiday of the year for me, a family-oriented holiday without gifts—you just bring yourself to whatever gathering you are going to.
Yes, the pandemic has dampened the spirit quite a bit, in particular with the so-called experts telling us that we must continue to be wary of others during the most social of our holidays.
I saw one report where a doctor will be checking people at his own door for their shot cards, and even if they are family, he will turn them away from his door if they don’t bring the cards with them when they come for Thanksgiving dinner.
This, of course, is completely crazy—don’t you know the status of the people that you are inviting, especially family members—and he even suggested that if they don’t bring their cards, he will give them a “care package” of food to take home.
Yes, my friends, this is a doctor saying this, a supposed learned man who has fallen into the abyss of paranoia that the pandemic has "drilled" into some people ... or in place of "drilled," maybe I will use the word “injected,” because it goes so well with the words of the day like “vaccination,” "inoculation” and “shots.”
Yes, people like this are completely, totally, verifiably crazy.
Don't be like this moron. Enjoy your holiday with family and friends, and I am sure that everyone has taken the proper “precautions” to make sure that it is a joyous holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Happy!
I will next be at this perch on Monday—after Thanksgiving and Black Friday have passed, and right in the middle of Hanukkah.
So have a great holiday, shop ‘til you drop on Black Friday, and have a great start to Hanukkah—
And have a great weekend. I will speak to you again bright and early on Monday morning.
Gobble Gobble!
Are you ready for Thanksgiving?
Do you have your turkey all ready to go?
Do you have all of your side dishes ready to be served?
Do you have your masks, your proof of “vaccination,” lest your friends and loved ones won’t let you into their homes without them?
Those are among the questions one has to ask themselves this year as we get ready for the big holiday.
And this year, once again, we have a bit of a pleasant quandary, because for Jews in our country, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall just about the same time this year, with the Jewish “Festival of Lights” dawning at sunset on Sunday, November 28, just three days after Turkeyfest.
At least it isn’t on the same exact day as it has been a few times in the past, when Jews spun dreidels as they ate their turkey.
And in my house, when my father was alive, his birthday was also smack dab in the middle of all of that-on November 30—so it was real crazy time in my house.
Since the two holidays have some breathing room between them this year, it won’t be as crazy, but here is an edited Rant #1,073, November 29, 2013, to illustrate such a conflict:
“This year, for the first time in recent memory, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day on the calendar.
Actually, Thanksgiving and the first full day of Hanukkah fall on the same day this year.
Jewish holidays begin at sundown, so Hanukkah, actually, starts the night before Thanksgiving.
Now, I know that a large majority of the populace is not Jewish, so this really is of little or no concern to them.
But I am Jewish, so it is a major concern to me.
How do we light up the bird and the menorah at the same time?
When I think about it, all this might actually play into our hands as something better than we thought it would be.
We can now celebrate everything at once, not one thing at a time, so it might be beneficial to us.
But when you celebrate everything at once, it kind of dilutes each one, so maybe it isn't as beneficial as I thought it was.
The reason for the convergence of the two holidays this year?
It has to do with the Jewish calendar, which is very much unlike the calendar that we use.
The Jewish calendar has leap months--not days--and that is why Jewish holidays are never on the same day year to year, or at least one of the reasons. There are other reasons, but I won't go into them here.
Suffice it to say, the Jewish calendar is a pretty wild one year to year.”
So this year isn’t quite as bad as that year was, with one holiday literally jockeying for position with the other, but having them spaced out by three days is crazy enough.
Thanksgiving is really the best holiday of the year for me, a family-oriented holiday without gifts—you just bring yourself to whatever gathering you are going to.
Yes, the pandemic has dampened the spirit quite a bit, in particular with the so-called experts telling us that we must continue to be wary of others during the most social of our holidays.
I saw one report where a doctor will be checking people at his own door for their shot cards, and even if they are family, he will turn them away from his door if they don’t bring the cards with them when they come for Thanksgiving dinner.
This, of course, is completely crazy—don’t you know the status of the people that you are inviting, especially family members—and he even suggested that if they don’t bring their cards, he will give them a “care package” of food to take home.
Yes, my friends, this is a doctor saying this, a supposed learned man who has fallen into the abyss of paranoia that the pandemic has "drilled" into some people ... or in place of "drilled," maybe I will use the word “injected,” because it goes so well with the words of the day like “vaccination,” "inoculation” and “shots.”
Yes, people like this are completely, totally, verifiably crazy.
Don't be like this moron. Enjoy your holiday with family and friends, and I am sure that everyone has taken the proper “precautions” to make sure that it is a joyous holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Happy!
I will next be at this perch on Monday—after Thanksgiving and Black Friday have passed, and right in the middle of Hanukkah.
So have a great holiday, shop ‘til you drop on Black Friday, and have a great start to Hanukkah—
And have a great weekend. I will speak to you again bright and early on Monday morning.
Gobble Gobble!
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