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Hanukkah, an eight day long Jewish festival, commemorates a Jewish rebellion against foreign rulers more than 2000 years ago. It usually comes any time from late November to late December while Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ, comes precisely on 25th December. With the close proximity of the holidays and with nearly half of all the American Jews marrying outside of the faith, sending holiday greeting cards to such couples without evoking the religious sentiments of either is a dilemma. Christmas greeting cards may not be suitable for one, and Hanukkah greeting cards may not be fit for the other. Instead of sending separate Hanukkah cards or Christmas cards, sending holiday cards with a general season's greeting theme is safe, but does not make a statement.
The gifted idea of interfaith and multicultural cards incorporating the theme of both Christmas and Hanukkah in one design offers a dignified, creative solution to the problem. By emphasizing the secular qualities and symbols of both holidays, in a respectful way we recognize each as valid. December holidays are usually a challenge to interfaith families. Issues of how to celebrate and how to include both families can be a difficult situation. Sending an appropriate greeting card, no longer needs to be an issue. Now, there are interfaith cards, interfaith holiday photo cards and holiday products which are specially designed to combine the holidays of Christmas and Hanukkah or the holiday also know as Chrismukkah.
The idea of interfaith cards stirred up a lot of controversy in the beginning. The idea of merging the holidays and introducing holiday cards with a common theme invited lots of criticism from religious leaders. There were allegations that these were meant to promote intermarriage. The boom in the online business of interfaith and multicultural products proved such allegations and skeptical remarks to be baseless.
No doubt, interfaith and multicultural cards offer a sense of diversity and tolerance among people of different faiths. There purpose is to unite rather than divide and to acknowledge our differences. What better way to share the holiday season than to celebrate with a little FALALALA Latkes!
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