Parenting Christmas Archives

Why My Jewish Kids Love their Advent Calendars

I was at Trader Joe’s the other day and bought an advent calendar. For my dog. While this does make me...

My mother-in-law’s email about Christmas gifts for her was simple: “Have composed an extensive ‘Wish...

This interfaith holiday season has been trickier than I thought. If there is a lot of planning, cooking and...

The dual holiday extravaganza this season is more work than I thought it would be. But, it’s important for...

Once upon a time, I was a kid growing up in North Jersey in the ‘80s, and I had a pretty clear idea of who...

With not quite 12 days between Hanukkah and Christmas this year (depending on just how you count), I thought...

Eight nights of wax have hardened on the little menorah that has traveled with me for more 25 years of Hanukkah...

I have always loved the holiday season, and celebrating Hanukkah as an interfaith family brings with it an extra...

This is about a different kind of December dilemma. It is not about whether my family should have a tree–we...

My Jewish husband and I (a Unitarian Universalist) might not have known what we were getting into when we decided...

Last year, Hanukkah came early (remember that once in every 77,000 years Thanksgivukkah Celebration?). Back...

A nurse log in the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska. I have a talkative family. Mostly, our everyday...

Lighting the candles with iShabbat in Seattle My family has a regular Shabbat observance. We either celebrate...

So tomorrow is Christmas Eve, or as I like to call it, my daughter Kaitlyn’s birthday (what better day to have...

I was very happy to see a report on Beliefnet that the US Council of Catholic Bishops apologized to Jewish leaders...