Chanukah Vs. ChristmasClick here for the funniest movie of the weekWe all have probably seen by now the humorous commercials in which a stiff, buttoned-up PC computer stands next to a hip, relaxed Mac. This video, posted on Metacafe.com, applies that concept to the holidays of Hanukkah and Christmas. Christmas is wearing an absurd plaid bowtie and a Santa hat, while Hanukkah dons a casual sweater and long hair. Christmas is about “presents – lots and lots of presents,” whereas Hanukkah is “more about spiritualism than commercialism.” Hanukkah is, like the Mac, trying to be patient with Christmas, who insists on saying things like everyone should “celebrate the birth of your savior, whoever he might be!”Some viewers of this video will likely giggle at its clever take on our cultural moment, but some others might wonder, given the expansion of Hanukkah merchandise and gift-giving in recent years, if Hanukkah gets off too easy in what could have been a spoof of how every faith struggles with how it relates to others in December.

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