Hanukkah Harry
May 14th, 2010
Last December, I took a girl out for drinks, and the bar had a small Christmas tree and some decorations up. (I happen to be Jewish, but can appreciate Christmas festivities.) I made a comment about how nice the bar looked with all the lights. She gave me a very skeptical look and said, “Wait…you’re Jewish, right?” Yes, I replied. “So you’ve never celebrated Christmas?” she said, somewhat aghast. Nope, never, I said. “You didn’t even have a TREE!!?!?” Nope, told her I never have. She shook her head and looked at me with deepest sympathy, touched my shoulder, and said, “Wow, that’s so awful. It must be terrible to be a Jew.” Guess she’s not converting.
Reminds me of the guy who, when he found out I make jewelry, wanted to know, in the smarmiest possible voice, if the word “Jeew” came from “Jeewelry.” Nice, coming from a “retired Methodist minister and very, very successful stockbroker.”