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From: eugenez@azure.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Sending Xmas Cards to Jews
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 11:18:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 11:18:56 1984
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               Subject: Re: Sending Xmas Cards to Jews

[ > Personally, I'm not insulted if a Christian friend sends
[ > me a Christmas present or card.  I see it as he/she showing
[ > that s/he's thinking of me, in his/her own "language."
[ > It doesn't take a Christmas card sent by someone else
[ > to make me any less Jewish.
[ > 
[ > So don't be afraid!  Just show your friends that you love them,
[ > whichever way you know how.
[ > 
[ > 
[ > Pooh
[ > 
[ > "Walla, Walla, Wash., and Kalamazoo. . .~"


[ I disagree. If your friends know that you're Jewish it's just as easy for
[ them to buy you a Channukah card or even "Seasons Greetings". The extra
[ two seconds it takes shows they truly care....

[ 					Dave Bloom
[ 					Bell Labs, Holmdel

**  Dave:

**  Unfortunately I am quite unfamiliar with the Jewish faith.

**  And I would be  unaware that I was insulting a Jewish  friend
**  by taking the time and care to send them a card at Christmas.
**  In fact, I may not even know the faith of some of my friends.
**  I do not require  that a friend be of a certain  faith and so
**  it isn't an issue.

**  Fortunately  my friends  are capable of  tolerating me
**  when I  make a  mistake---and at worst  would  tell me
**  in a friendly manner that something that I did was not
**  "kosher".   But  mostly, I  think  they  would  simply
**  overlook it because  they know  what's  in  my  heart.

**  Those who build barriers in their relationships because
**  of unintentional errors are really quite immature.


**				Eugene C. Zinter