To the editor: Relating to Eli Federman’s piece on holiday lights, there may be nothing unsuitable with illuminated Hanukkah decorations. In any case, Hanukkah is the Competition of Lights, a vacation celebrating Jews who fought off strain to adapt to a tradition that wasn’t theirs.
Christmas has been in our faces and ears since Halloween: lights, music, retailer shows, commercials and extra. Isn’t that sufficient? Jews will not be lacking out on gentle, magnificence or anything by celebrating Hanukkah.
Being Jewish is sufficient. And being Jewish doesn’t imply that one can’t get pleasure from the fantastic thing about the season.
However Hanukkah is not Jewish Christmas.
Jo Perry, Studio Metropolis
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To the editor: One factor the author not noted: With the eight days of Hanukkah beginning on Christmas, the Jewish competition will stretch into the primary days of January. Which means, most 2025 calendars will embody two Hanukkahs — one at the start, and one other close to the top. And with the way in which the world has appeared in 2024, subsequent yr we’re gonna want as a lot gentle as we will get!
Hank Rosenfeld, Santa Monica
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To the editor: My younger son was raised within the Jewish religion however had watched the “Peanuts” Christmas special the op-ed writer discusses many occasions. Then one Christmas Eve he attended midnight Mass together with his Catholic grandparents. When the Gospel of Luke was learn throughout the Mass, he whispered to them in astonishment, “I didn’t know the Gospel quoted ‘Peanuts!’ ” It was actually a piece that unified all individuals, if not within the spirit of “Christmas,” a minimum of within the spirit of peace and goodwill to all.
Jane Diamond, Sherman Oaks
