For The Seriously Watch Obsessed: Holiday Watch Ornaments!

Ok, who’s got one? Here’s mine:

Courtesy of JWRosenthal and wife Hannah who made them for attendees of the Mid-Atlantic G2G. If you’ve got a watch ornament, post a photo! If not, what other holiday oriented - or not - watch paraphernalia do you have sitting around the house?

Jealous....and I am a sinner.

Close up!

Holiday ornament, Greg! Inclusive- we are trying to be inclusive!

Point taken!!! Changing thread title!!!

Lol- no need, we have a much thicker skin than that. It’s the blue haired ones that get all bent about it

Yeah, but I have no excuse. My family is like a religious smorgasbord!

That there is some classic ageism at work mate! 😉

I was talking about the young blue haired ultra-reactionary, not the aged- they don’t care either way! As long as there is good deli at the Christmas party, they are there!

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Ken’s too.

My HOA throws a Christmas party on Christmas Eve every year at the lakes in my community. It’s been tradition since 1948. There is a big decorated tree, caroling, a bandstand is erected, food and cocoa- it’s a very Normal Rockwell event.

About a decade ago one of the Jewish locals I know asked the HOA if they can include a menorah next to the tree and send out the notices as a Holiday party rather than a “Christmas party”. The person from the HOA responded that it is tradition and it will not be changed. My Jewish neighbor reminded her that it was also tradition for this to be a restricted community and that Jews weren’t allowed to live here in 1948, things have changed. The HOA representative was unmoved.

If this were just a group of homeowners hosting and paying for this party out of their own pockets I wouldn’t have any heartburn- their party, they were nice enough to invite everyone- Merry Christmas! But no, this is funded through the HOA membership dues.

So, since they are using OUR dues to pay for THEIR party (they drew the exclusionary line in the sand) , my neighbor led a campaign to defund the HOA of their dues and published the correspondence for everyone to see. We are only responsible to pay an annual maintenance fee and the dues are optional (if you read the fine print), so I have refused to pay my dues other than the mandatory fee since. I have received annual reminders that I need to pay my dues and I am delinquent but they have no teeth- I read the contract.

I’m all for honoring other people’s traditions and cultural customs- but if you are expecting me to pay for it…..

Couldn’t agree more, James. Doesn’t sound like the HOA has reasonable or enlightened leadership.

Simple solution: The tight-cheeked HOA would keep the Christmas Party name - it’s a party at Christmastime, no (or is that nu?) - AND include the menorah.

The Happy Holidays thing is a p.i.t.a., as far as I’m concerned, and the Blue-Haired Karens (my next band name) have made a mountain out of nothing.

Now, I use the C word in December, even though I’m not a church-going person (Christmas, you louts!). The ‘season’ is undeniably Christmastime, and by many accounts Jesus was actually born in the spring. In my view, someone wishing me a Merry Christmas was never tantamount to saying Merry-I-don’t-care-about-the-Torah. It was, and is, a pleasantry.

To be safe among those tender peeps, however, I turn to my favorite Christmas greeting, courtesy of Mad Magazine: Seasonal Hellos!

(now, James, how do I order one of those killer ornaments for our tree/menorah combo?)

I actually like the airing of grievances. Happens at every cedar, it should be shared by all faiths…just get it out there!

At the next G2G, we will have an aluminum pole and do the Feats of Strength.