{"id":22,"date":"2007-12-06T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/video-hanukkah-v-christmas.html"},"modified":"2007-12-06T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T11:00:16","slug":"video-hanukkah-v-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/video-hanukkah-v-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Video: Hanukkah v. Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/fplayer\/352871\/chanukah_vs_christmas.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"345\" wmode=\"transparent\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"> <\/embed><br \/><font size = 1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/watch\/352871\/chanukah_vs_christmas\/\">Chanukah Vs. Christmas<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/\">Click here for the funniest movie of the week<\/a><\/font>We 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/Metacafe.com\">Metacafe.com<\/a>, 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 &#8220;presents &#8211; lots and lots of presents,&#8221; whereas Hanukkah is &#8220;more about spiritualism than commercialism.&#8221;  Hanukkah is, like the Mac, trying to be patient with Christmas, who insists on saying things like everyone should &#8220;celebrate the birth of your savior, whoever he might be!&#8221;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chanukah Vs. Christmas &#8211; Click 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. 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