Tuesday, December 25, 2007

A thought for the holidays

Last year I suggested this as a thought for the holidays:

Only in America (as they used to say on the Lower East Side) would a Jew wish a Muslim "Merry Christmas!" and both of them smile at the thought.
In a case of life imitating blogs, this from Monday's NYT Metropolitan Diary (the best thing about the paper each week):

One of the perennial joys of the holiday season: the hearty good wishes for a very merry Christmas exchanged as my Jewish husband hands our Muslim doorman his year-end tip. Lisa Anderson

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