Men dressing up on purim

Executive Member Joined: Dec 01 2009 Posts: 443

the first time I saw a kid in israel dressed up as santa claus I was horrified. I went up to the mother to ask her about it and she told me that the kid was a gnome, a garden gnome. I started telling her about santa claus and she clearly had no clue what I was talking about! to some born and bred israelis it really is just a costume and has no meaning at all. similarly the red and green sukkah decorations and reindeer and snowflake jumpers or wrapping paper that I have seen here which I would never ever buy, are often sold and bought by the frummest people in the most chareidi stores. oh and how about the halloween pumpkin costumes? in a way I think it is amazing that for some people xmas just does not exist. I love how the day can come and go in israel without me even realising because there were just no decorations or billboards about it anywhere in sight.

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