# What in the world possessed Obama to do this? \[Early Hannukah\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-possessed-obama-to-do-this-early-hannukah/605581 "2011-12-09T02:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 53
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-possessed-obama-to-do-this-early-hannukah/605581/53 "2011-12-10T18:57:53Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > There are plenty of Christians who complain if there isn’t a Christmas tree in certain public places..why wouldn’t we expect Jews to complain about this? If the president were Jewish, I wouldn’t expect him to celebrate Christmas or even pay lip service to it. And I’d consider anyone who would expect otherwise to be a profound idiot. Someone can be respectful of someone else’s traditions without trying to create the image that they are theirs as well. Holidays are supposed to mean something special to those who believe or practice. I rolled my eyes when he did the Passover seder thing as well. Attend one that you’ve been invited to? Sure, go ahead. But don’t throw one yourself and then the following Sunday go to Easter service. I’ve heard of being ecumenical, but that’s a little ridiculous to me. Of course, IMHO. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-possessed-obama-to-do-this-early-hannukah/605581)._