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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2004PING Adelle / Was: Happy Hanukkah
----- Original Message ----- From: Gwen Love To: Adelle Stavis Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: Happy Hanukkah! Don't know if your computer is working so you will get this, but get it or not, hope you do (have a happy Hanukkah). Gwen ================================== You didn't get the email so I am posting here! Gwen Thanks! Doug got it working this morning! And thanks for the Chanukah greetings! We had friends over tonight. Was lots of fun. Adelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gwen Love [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > You didn't get the email so I am posting here! > Gwen Happy Chanukah to you Adelle.  SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Thanks! Doug got it working this morning! > > And thanks for the Chanukah greetings! We had friends over tonight. Was > lots of fun. > > Adelle Adelle, may I ask a question? I've always loved the holiday lights. And when I was a child, many of the houses were decorated in blue lights. They are such a pretty contrast to all white or multi-colored lights. I still see them here in California but not so often. I have heard that the all blue light decorations are sometimes Chanukah Festival of lights decorations rather than Christmas decorations. Although I'm quite sure many of them are just folks who love the blue light as much as I do. But are they sometimes Chanukah lights? Jo >> Thanks! Doug got it working this morning! >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Although I'm quite sure many of them are just folks who love the blue > light as much as I do. But are they sometimes Chanukah lights? It's a possibility that the families were Jewish, but unlikely. Solid blue lights aren't as popular here as white or multicolor, but you do see them. As a general rule, most Jews do not decorate their homes with electric lights because it is a Christmas custom and Christmas isn't our holiday. And 90+% of Jews do see Christmas as a religious holiday and not a secular one or a 'season.' A few less observant or highly assimilated people do put up electric lights, but that is more because they personally feel left out, not really to celebrate Chanukah. Chanukah just becomes the excuse. If it were really for Chanukah, they would only have been up for the eight or nine days of our holiday, and not most of December. Adelle Adelle, can you tell us about chocolate gelt? Is it something special reserved for Chanukah, or is it used for gifts throughout the year? > Adelle, can you tell us about chocolate gelt? > > Is it something special reserved for Chanukah, > or is it used for gifts throughout the year? This article from a Canadian Jewish newspaper gives a nice summary. http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/02/nov21-02/features/jhighway.htm It is silent about how the custom turned from real coins to chocolate. I suspect that it was simply a marketing idea. And while stores that cater to Jewish kids keeps a small supply of kosher chocolate coins in stock all year, its popularity soars in anticipation of Chanukah. Our family has the tradition of giving real gelt (about a dollar in coins) each night with a present on the last night (this year it will be Red Sox stuff). We also keep chocolate gelt around the house. Adelle > This article from a Canadian Jewish newspaper gives a nice summary. > > http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/02/nov21-02/features/jhighway.htm Thank you for the reference. > (this year it will be Red Sox stuff). I left Boston/North Quincy too soon - about 58 years too soon. <g> Always rooted for the Red Sox because Ted Williams was from here and attended my high school. > We also keep chocolate gelt around the house. Does anyone from ASA not keep chocolate in the house? yes. HAPPY HANUKKAH, our friend. may it be a warm and loving holiday season for you and your loved ones. kate > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gwen Love [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > You didn't get the email so I am posting here! > Gwen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gwen Love [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > not, hope you do (have a happy Hanukkah). > Gwen Gwen - can you see this? /¯) /¯../ /..../ /¯'/....'/´¯¯`·¸ /'/.../..../......./¨_\ ('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...') \.................'...../ \............... _.·´ \..............( \.............\.. Good. NET-69-72-0-0-1 OrgName: Coretel America, Inc. OrgID: CORET Address: 209 West Street Address: Suite 302 City: Annapolis StateProv: MD PostalCode: 21401 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@coretel.net OrgNOCEmail: service@coretel.net OrgTechEmail: ipadmin@coretel.net groups-abuse@google.com Path: news2.west.cox.net!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!filt02.cox.net!peer01.cox.net!c ox.net!feed5.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!bor der1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!postnews.google. com!f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "Dennis Hoy" <dennispharris@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: alt.support.arthritis Subject: Re: PING Adelle / Was: Happy Hanukkah Date: 9 Dec 2004 07:22:31 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 29 Message-ID: <1102605751.861771.141310@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> References: <cQPtd.5706$Yq6.4299@fe40.usenetserver.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.72.40.189 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1102605756 1165 127.0.0.1 (9 Dec 2004 15:22:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:22:36 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <cQPtd.5706$Yq6.4299@fe40.usenetserver.com> User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.72.40.189; posting-account=XlcyfQ0AAACbGUHbwR990d8ziJ9ExTcf Xref: east.cox.net alt.support.arthritis:440487 X-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:33:17 EST (news2.west.cox.net) Gwen Love wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gwen Love [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Don't know if your computer is working so you will get this, but get it or > not, hope you do (have a happy Hanukkah). > Gwen Gwen - can you see this? /?) /?../ /..../ /?'/....'/???`?? /'/.../..../......./?_\ ('(...?...?.... ?~/'...') \.................'...../ \............... _.?? \..............( \.............\.. 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