Holiday Addon pack announced
Assmitten:
Quote from: karen on 2005 October 12, 19:27:51
About the pack itself: this one holds zero appeal for me. I'm Jewish, and all I see in this "holiday" pack are a bunch of Christmas decorations, Christmas skins, Christmas objects, etc. (Plus the token menorah which has been available for download from the official site for nearly a year.) I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Christmas-themed objects etc., it's just that I see very little if anything in this pack that will be of interest to non-Christians.
Karen
I am not Jewish, but I did notice the "token" menorah, for sure. That is a pet peeve of mine. :P I think this pack will be of interest to people who like Christmas. I am not Christian, but my family celebrates Christmas (gift-giving, eating like fools). A pack like this could also be very popular in Japan, when Christmas is very popular and embraced as a commercial holiday, while less than 1% of the population identifies as Christian.
Hook:
The only religious themed object I saw in the pics was the menorah. Everything else was secular. There doesn't appear to be a single relgious themed Christian object there. Those who don't believe me are invited to speak to any Jehovah's Witness on the subject. :) (Don't try this at home, kids; find neutral ground. You'll never get them to leave.)
I have a Jewish friend who puts up a "Hannukah bush" every December. I'm not convinced this is a common Jewish custom tho. :)
Hook
ZephyrZodiac:
I believe that quite a lot of Jewish families in the UK do sort of do Christmas things - after all it was a festival long before christianity, and really, most people in the world have some kind of celebration at the winter solstice, just to make the winter more bearable!
aussieone:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 October 13, 01:08:41
I believe that quite a lot of Jewish families in the UK do sort of do Christmas things - after all it was a festival long before christianity, and really, most people in the world have some kind of celebration at the winter solstice, just to make the winter more bearable!
Well, seeing as we in Australia celebrate Christmas in the summer months (and believe me it gets bloody hot here during this time), our usual celebration for the coming 'winter solstice' is usually a rain dance to the gods and a huge collective sigh of relief followed by the usual greeting of "thanks god winter's here" Woohoo ;D
ZephyrZodiac:
Well, I'm afraid I was thinking Northern Hemisphere! Yours is obviously the summer solstice, which used to be celebrated in pagan times! And of course, still is by druids etc. since you don't have proper winters, I don't suppose you feel the need for festivities at the winter solstice!
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