For The Seriously Watch Obsessed: Holiday Watch Ornaments!

Archer

I hope she said no...just to wind them up...

JwRosenthal

When my wife and I got engaged, two of her co-workers asked if she wasn’t “allowed” to celebrate Christmas anymore.

JwRosenthal

They had so many questions about what it means and what are the “rules” for a Christian (non practicing) to marry a Jew (also non practicing). It was rather disturbing that they were so ignorant, but also encouraging that at least they were asking questions and not making assumptions.

Dsloan

My toddler's still not allowed to be alone with my mother-in-law-law due to the surprisingly high risk that she'll whisk him off for a baptism. I wish I were kidding.

Dsloan

You got it comparatively good. My toddler's still not allowed to be alone with my mother-in-law-law due to the surprisingly high risk that she'll whisk him off for a baptism. I wish I were kidding.

And, she just thinks I'm Jewish. Wait to she finds out we're not practicing.

gbesq

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?

mydeafcat

Here’s how we do things in Vancouver:

JwRosenthal

They had so many questions about what it means and what are the “rules” for a Christian (non practicing) to marry a Jew (also non practicing). It was rather disturbing that they were so ignorant, but also encouraging that at least they were asking questions and not making assumptions.

Dsloan

That's all well and good, but could really use a statue of Baphomet to round things out.

On a serious note, I'm visiting Vancouver next summer. I'm super excited to check it out!

Boy, I brought a lot of thread drift today. Sorry.

mydeafcat

I rather suspect things may have been different for both my marriages if my parents hadn’t passed away in the late 1980’s. Not that we were particularly religious but they followed tradition.

But for us there were no rules, per se, as we are all pretty much agnostic. Both ceremonies were civil (as was my divorce in 2000, thankfully 😁). My ex’s family are Eastern Europeans, and while they would have preferred a nice Slovak or Czech boy (read:Catholic), they knew a lot about my background; I was accepted as family, which was awesome. Christmas at their home was legendary. I do miss that part.

My wife’s family are non-practicing Christians and, like your situation, James, they were pretty much lights out when it came to us Red Sea Pedestrians. I was answering all kinds of questions and de-bunking various myths for ages. The difference for me is that for the few family events we traveled to, I felt like the extended relatives group expected a dude with horns! (They were hidden under my hat.)

JwRosenthal

My ex-wife was Catholic, she was raised practicing and in fact two of her brothers (10 kids in that Chicago clan) are now priests! Her father, a funny and pragmatic man, never made me feel “other”. I actually had a great relationship with him and he had an admiring respect for Jews considering all Catholics were once Jews as he expressed it- Jesus was Jewish. When he heard the news that she and I separated he actually called me first to let me know how saddened he was and that if I ever needed to talk….

JanV

For this seriously obsessed Christmas ornament theme, John Maclanes air duct scene is in a league of its own. Even though the Tag Heuer 3000 Series Quartz Chrono isn’t that well seen in this scene. 😎