Best. Year. Ever. (And How You Can Make Next Year Even Better!) |
By David Krantz
NEW YORK (Dec. 25, 2014) — Growing up in the rural and largely gentile Pinelands of New Jersey, I was, to quote Adam Sandler, the only kid in town without a Christmas tree. And I didn't like Chinese food, the staple for Jews on Christmas, until I was older. But today, I enjoy how everything shuts down on Christmas like a Christian version of Shabbat. It gives me the time on a business day to reflect on the past secular year and look forward to the next one.
David Krantz is the president and chairperson of the Aytzim: Ecological Judaism.
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