the red-nosed reindeer may be secular, but they unite usin u through common practices while pointing out that we come from different backgrounds, and we celebrate the holidays in unique ways.sp seanan: interracial marriages evolve into something beautiful. for us that meant irish, spanish, mexican, spanish and catholic traditions together.ca us in some cases mince meat pe is one of them. is one of them. sean: because you have cut it. our fox family members will be joining us to share their traditions as well as the role religion plays in their lives in celebration of the savior s birth. rachel: bert they were an only r child or from a large group like you were from, sean, the members of our extended fox family had a few things in common. christmas was time of year all of them associated with family, food, fun, and childhood their lives. battle hardened war on christmas veteran jesse waters learned a few things through holidays past. among them, stuff doesn t matter that
they unite us through common practices, while also pointing out that we come from different backgrounds and we celebrate the holidays in unique ways. marriage, especially interracial marriage, is another way. christmas traditions evolve and meld into something new and beautiful. for us, that meant bringing. irish and spanish, mexican christmas and catholic traditions. together. over the years, we learned to adapt and adopt our christmas traditions, and in some cases, mincemeat pie comes to mind on this one. yeah, because you cut it. i did not. part of the tradition. and it s not part of the tradition. it s too hard to make. so some things we kept and some things we just dropped altogether. our fox family members will. be joining us to share their holiday stories and their secular traditions, as well as the role that religion plays in their lives and celebrations of the savior s birth. no matter what part of the country our fox family friends were born in or now live, or fr
those fundamental beliefs in christianity do. they unite us through common practices, while also pointing out that we come from different backgrounds and we celebrate the holidays in unique ways. marriage, especially interracial marriage, is another way. christmas traditions evolve and meld into something new and beautiful. for us, that meant bringing. irish and spanish, mexican christmas and catholic traditions. together. over the years, we learned to adapt and adopt our christmas traditions, and in some cases, mincemeat pie comes to mind on this one. yeah, because you cut it. i did not. part of the tradition. and it s not part of the tradition. it s too hard to make. so some things we kept and some things we just dropped altogether. our fox family members will. be joining us to share their holiday stories and their secular traditions, as well as the role that religion plays in their lives and celebrations of the savior s birth. no matter what part of the country our fox fam
It is, after all, half of the rivera family heritage. my mom was absolutely resistant. she absolutely refused. she wouldn t acknowledge christmas for many years. and we kept lobbying her and lobbying her. come my mom. we feel left out. let us celebrate christmas also. no, no, no. you re jewish. no, no, no, no. finally, when we were teenagers, we said to mom, mom, we re not going to take it anymore. we re going to celebrate christmas, just like all of our friends and neighbors do. but this is what we re going to do instead of a christmas tree. we re going to call it a hanukkah bush instead of christmas or hanukkah. we re going to call it chrismukkah. and we had all of these compromises. and to placate my mom, we also played rock of ages. when we sang jingle bells and silent night and all the traditional. christmas christmas. carols, we finally got our tree. it was called the hanukkah bush.
It is, after all, half of the rivera family heritage. my mom was absolutely resistant. she absolutely refused. she wouldn t acknowledge christmas for many years. and we kept lobbying her and lobbying her. come my mom. we feel left out. let us celebrate christmas also. no, no, no. you re jewish. no, no, no, no. finally, when we were teenagers, we said to mom, mom, we re not going to take it anymore. we re going to celebrate christmas, just like all of our friends and neighbors do. but this is what we re going to do instead of a christmas tree. we re going to call it a hanukkah bush instead of christmas or hanukkah. we re going to call it chrismukkah. and we had all of these compromises. and to placate my mom, we also played rock of ages. when we sang jingle bells and silent night and all the traditional. christmas christmas. carols, we finally got our tree. it was called the hanukkah bush.