{"id":3210,"date":"2013-11-18T19:22:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T00:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2013-11-18T08:36:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T13:36:29","slug":"jewish-christmas-obsessed-son-gone-rogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/jewish-christmas-obsessed-son-gone-rogue\/","title":{"rendered":"My Jewish son has gone rogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

I should have seen this coming. After all, my son refers to Kinder Surprise eggs as “Easter eggs”. Even the ones that my mom brought back from Israel with Hebrew writing on them – Easter Eggs! I digress…<\/p>\n

Sitting in the car the other day, my son started singing some of the new songs he learned in nursery school.\u00a0 All of a sudden, he belts out “Jingle Bells”.\u00a0 May I remind you, it’s only the first week of November.\u00a0 While I don’t so much have any problem that he’s started singing Christmas carols so early, it’s the fact that he’s singing them with so much enthusiasm that has me weak at the knees.\u00a0 You see, we’re Jewish.\"Chanukah<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m fully aware of the fact that sooner or later my son would\u00a0have learned this song even if I\u00a0tried to shelter him (which I don’t).\u00a0 We live in Canada and Christmas songs are constantly played on the radio and in the malls months before the holiday even begins. I’m not\u00a0one to criticise Christmas or any part of it.\u00a0 In fact, I enjoy the holiday, even as a (semi) devout Jew (I did marry a non-Jew after all).\u00a0 What got me at least a little riled up\u00a0was the following dialogue that played out with my son shortly after he finished singing Jingle Bells<\/p>\n

Me: Where did you learn that song Kyle?<\/p>\n

Kyle:\u00a0In nursery school.\u00a0 Pia taught it to us<\/p>\n

Me: You should ask\u00a0Pia to teach you some Chanukah\u00a0songs.\u00a0 Tell her that\u00a0you’re Jewish and we celebrate Chanukah\u00a0and ask her if she knows any Chanukah songs.<\/p>\n

Kyle: No! I like Jingle\u00a0Bells….. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way…. (etc…)\"Chanukah<\/a><\/p>\n

When he finished singing, I again approached the subject<\/p>\n

Me: Want to learn a new Chanukah\u00a0song? It’s really awesome, and it goes likes this “dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay and when it’s dry and ready, a\u00a0dreidel I will play…”<\/p>\n

Kyle sings: Jingle Bells,\u00a0Jingle\u00a0Bells, Jingle all the way…. (etc…)<\/p>\n

Again, I tried to persuade him to just CONSIDER liking a Jewish-y song. After all, it was my duty to instill a sense of Judaism\u00a0in him.\u00a0 Even though we have Shabbat dinner every Friday night with my family, light the candles, say the blessings, often speak Hebrew at home, etc… I’m not sure my son understands that he’s “Jewish” or what religion really is.\u00a0 After all, we never really discusses it! It is a bit of a touchy subject at our house, and something that I take for granted I guess.\"Chanukah<\/a><\/p>\n

So after a few minutes, I tried again:<\/p>\n

ME: Want to learn a super awesome cool Jewish song? It goes like this: “Shabbat Shalom, HEY! Shabbat Shalom, HEY! Shabbat, Shabbat, Shabbat, Shalom…HEY!”<\/p>\n

Kyle: No… I like Jingle Bells.<\/p>\n

So I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands.\u00a0 I’ve already spoken to his teachers and I’ll be\u00a0joining him in class to teach my son and his peers all about Chanukah. I’ll teach them songs, show them how to play\u00a0dreidel,\u00a0bring potato\u00a0latkes, and make art and craft menora’s. I’ve also looked up every possible arts and crafts activity associated with Chanukah\u00a0on Pinterest\u00a0so I can do some with him at home. I also hit up the dollar store for Chanukah decorations and put out all of our Chanukah books on display on our counters as “feature books of the month.”\"chanukah<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you think? Am I over reacting or would you do the same if you were in my situation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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