# Time to bring out the LARGE Star of David **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274 "2017-12-12T10:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/1 "2017-12-12T10:38:46Z")
I have a tiny, understated Star of David on a fine chain I wear most of the time. Usually, it falls under my shirt, and people can’t see it. I got it as a bat mitzvah gift. It’s, IIRC, 12k gold. Sometime in early December, I swap it for a gaudy, big, blue, steel SD medallion on a bead chain. It’s too heavy to fall under my clothes. Someone wished me a “Merry Christmas” for the first time yesterday, so it’s time to break out the big, obnoxious star. I wear it for the duration of the relentless season of mirth, which is to say, until about Jan. 1. Usually, I have it on earlier than this, but the masses have been slow on the uptake with the “Merry Christmases.” I got lots of “Happy Holidays,” but I let those slide, because there is Thanksgiving, and goyim think Hanukkah is a big deal holiday on the Jewish calendar. I wouldn’t mind so much if even one single goy had wished me “Happy Holidays,” or “Happy New Year,” or something around the High Holy Days, but even the goyim I work with at a Jewish preschool couldn’t seem to figure out that this might be nice. So, the giant-ass, obnoxious Star of David is to ward off the “Merry Christmases.” It pretty much works. It also pretty much means that even after Dec. 20 (when Hanukkah is over) through Dec. 25, people will STILL be wishing me “Happy Hanukkah.” Maybe I should get a shirt made that says “Hanukkah, 2017 – Dec. 12-20.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/2 "2017-12-12T11:40:27Z")
Mazel-tov! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/3 "2017-12-12T11:44:13Z")
**Merry Christmas, Rivkehla!** ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/4 "2017-12-12T12:03:19Z")
That reminds me–I need to find my globular cluster of Goliath. Giant lives matter! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/5 "2017-12-12T12:37:21Z")
I grew up in a neighborhood that was mostly Jewish. My family celebrated Santa Claus, and my mom lit her menorah candles. We did not attend church/shul. I used to get the holidays confused. Wishing my friends a “Happy Yom Kipur” was pretty common. _spins a dreidel Rivkah’s way_ ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/6 "2017-12-12T14:25:19Z")
When someone wishes me a merry Christmas, I just forgive them, for they know not what they do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/7 "2017-12-12T14:31:53Z")
Why is it an issue? If I was wished a happy “insert faith holiday of choice”, I wouldn’t care enough to have to make my (lack of) religion apparent to avoid further occurrences. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/8 "2017-12-12T14:33:23Z")
When I’m at work as a store cashier and someone wishes me a “Happy Holiday” I mentally change “Holi” to “Birth” and say “thank you.” My December 25th B-day is the only real holiday I celebrate this month. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/9 "2017-12-12T14:50:14Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > the giant-ass, obnoxious Star of David is to ward off the “Merry Christmases.” It pretty much works. But what if the wisher doesn’t have two long, pointy, [teeth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNwpovtiTYA&t=11s)? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/10 "2017-12-12T14:56:55Z")
So, Bar = son, and Bat = daughter? I didn’t know that. IMHO the guys totally got the best of that one. ETA, I’ve never heard of a dingbar. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/11 "2017-12-12T15:51:40Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I wear it for the duration of the relentless season of mirth, which is to say, until about Jan. 1. Christmas lasts till January 10! Hang in there 🙂 “In 2017 we have a unique situation. If Epiphany is transferred to the Sunday that falls on January 7th or 8th, then the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus is celebrated on the following Monday instead of the next Sunday. So, this year, Ordinary Time begins on the Tuesday after Epiphany.” [https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/does-christmas-end-on-epiphany/](https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/does-christmas-end-on-epiphany/) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/12 "2017-12-12T15:55:51Z")
That’s right, refuse to be merry. That’ll show ‘em! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/13 "2017-12-12T16:22:18Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That’s right, refuse to be merry. That’ll show ‘em! On the Monday after Thanksgiving I get together with a bunch of guys to celebrate “not having to be thankful until next year”. This year was our 4th consecutive get-together. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/14 "2017-12-12T17:19:51Z")
I like being wished a Merry Christmas, and I always give 'em one right back. The vast majority of folks are offering it in the spirit of the holiday (peace on earth, good will towards men, all that jazz), and I **like** the spirit of the holiday. Sure, it means that some few nutjobs will be taking it as a victory against the ‘war on Christmas’ when I reciprocate, but I don’t see any point in caring about what they think. Let the goyim have their fun. I really do think most of them mean ‘happy holidays’ even when they’re saying ‘merry Christmas.’ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/15 "2017-12-12T18:19:19Z")
I hope the OP is joking, but it’s hard to tell. I can’t imagine being upset by being wished a “Happy \” when living in a country that is overwhelming made up of people who practice that religion. It’s generally not meant as attempt at conversion or anything. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/16 "2017-12-12T18:29:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Let the goyim have their fun. I really do think most of them mean ‘happy holidays’ even when they’re saying ‘merry Christmas.’ I say Happy Holidays to most people and save Happy\* Christmas for people at church because I know we’re actually celebrating the birth of Christ. \*“Merry” sounds silly to me for such a momentous occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/17 "2017-12-12T18:30:00Z")
Holy crap, you’re Jewish??!??! Never would have guessed that based on your posting history. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/18 "2017-12-12T18:52:44Z")
I don’t care if strangers wish me a Merry Christmas, but with people who know I’m Jewish do so I gently remind them that I don’t celebrate Christmas. Not a huge deal, but a battle I sometimes choose to take on. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/19 "2017-12-12T19:41:30Z")
Rivkah, you said in another thread that the 7th day of Hannukah was your least favorite, and it’s a long story. Tell it here. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-bring-out-the-large-star-of-david/804274/20 "2017-12-12T20:06:11Z")
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