87th Revolution: Turned up to 11

[child_radical]

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[thebearjew]

Holy shit, you actually mentioned Hanukkah too.

[child_radical]

Is it really that surprising that I did?

[thebearjew]

Well, I've only heard other Jews ever talk about it. Usually it's all about Christmas.

[child_radical]

Well from where I'm from, everybody talks about it being Happy Holidays in order not to offend anyone.

[child_radical]

Christmas, though I've tried to get my family interested in Kwanzaa.

I havn't been successful yet.

[child_radical]

I tried to tell them that its a way to express their heritage but most just see it as a way to pull Black people away from Christmas and Chrisitanity as a whole.

[not_so_smooth]

Every year I mean to find out what Kwanzaa and every year I forget to.

[child_radical]

That tends to be the case with many people.

[not_so_smooth]

I remember there was a Kwanza-bot on Futurama. That's about it though.

[child_radical]

And the obligatory joke about what exactly the holiday is.

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[gforgreat]

[pronounces it funny] Haaanuka? Ka-

What th' hell?

voice;

[child_radical]

They're holidays, Timothy.

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[gforgreat]

They sound stupid.

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[child_radical]

Not to those who actually celebrate them.

[revengeisalie]

Well... I've learned what Christmas is, but what are "Hanukkah" and "Kwanzaa"?

If there have been any practices like that, I don't remember them. But it sounds like a nice idea!

(OOC: Okay, Rin gave him... a book for his birthday. Some kind of novel she thought he might like.)

[child_radical]

Hanukkah is a holiday practiced by those of the Jewish faith and Kwanzaa is a more recently created holiday that is usually practiced by African Americans.

[ooc:Okay.]

[revengeisalie]

Thanks for explaining.

[child_radical]

No problem, I was certain you didn't hear of those mostly due to the different times we both hail from.