Thankful Thursday - Almost Christmas Edition

It's almost Christmas - can you believe it? While I'm not Christian and am most certainly Jewish - I am still appreciative for the Christmas holiday. Not for the whole birth of Christ thing - more for the fact that it's an excuse for families to get together.

Even the Jewish ones.

Today, I'm thankful that my parents instilled in us the Jewish-American tradition of Chinese food on Christmas. Without that tradition (that many of my friends partake in), Christmas would be a lonely holiday for a lot of us.

So, this Thursday, I am thankful to the Christmas Holiday for forcing my family to get together on a non-Jewish holiday.