For What Its Worth - #61
December 3rd, 2006
For What Its Worth - #61
Chit Chat
Movies, Tongue twisters, The teenage moment of the week, Party in the neighborhood, New Chinese food place in town, Comparing temperatures with Anchorage Alaska, New assistant noise engineer, Growing up too fast, Thanksgiving update, Dawn has to work 16 hours Christmas day, Dawns blooper, Infertility.
Music
Edwin Derricutt - Cold as Ice
Jimmie Bratcher - Man Its Christmas
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4 Responses to “For What Its Worth - #61”
Jen December 5th, 2006 at 7:13 pm #
Awww, Dawn, I’m sorry you have to work 16 hours on Christmas Day. I wish I could work for you - this Christmas is just a Monday to a Jew like me.
Steve - I hope you’re feeling better.
Steve & Dawn December 5th, 2006 at 9:13 pm #
Hey Jen,
I wish I could take you up on your offer and then offer to work one hannaka day for you. Stupid question, but do you take any days off for Hanukkah? I know only a little about the holiday.
Well, take care.
Dawn
Jen December 7th, 2006 at 10:17 am #
No, we don’t take any days off for Hanukkah. Hanukkah is actually a very minor holiday in the Jewish calendar and our Rabbis are very reluctant to equate it with Christian Christmas, both to avoid confusion and respect the Christian holiday. There are other holidays that I do need to take off for, though, like Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) because those are the two “most important” holidays in the Jewish calendar. (I put most important in quotes because I don’t want to belittle any other holiday, but if you asked a Jew what was the most important holiday of the year, they’d probably answer one of those two days.) We spend the entire day both days in our synagogue for services.
In our house Hanukkah is a very relaxing holiday – every night after dinner we light the candles in our menorah and exchange a present. Then, we turn off all the lights (and the TV) and watch the candles burn themselves out and talk. It’s much quieter and low key than the Christmases my family had when I was growing up. The down side is that you don’t get to have a big family gathering at that time of year. However, this is made up for during Passover when most people have a big family gathering during the first or second night to have a seder, which is essentially a big dinner where we repeat the story of when the Israelites were slaves under the Egyptians. Of course, then Passover, which happens in the spring, is a super crazy time of year for us when we have to rush to get things done!
Isn’t it crazy how two completely different religions have their similarities? (That was a really long explanation - I won’t get offended if you don’t read it on the next show!
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Steve & Dawn December 29th, 2006 at 5:25 pm #
Well, I got a Christmas miracle after all. An evening person came into work on Christmas day and offered to work my shift so that I could spend part of the day with my family. I didn’t call to tell them I was coming home early and just walked in the door at 11:30a.m. Boy were they suprised. They even started clapping. It was really great since I had stayed up till 10 p.m. Christmas eve opening presents.
Thank you to everyone who prayed and crossed their fingers for me. Getting to be with family was the best present of all.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR POD CAST FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!