Town creche

creche, originally uploaded by jahansell.

There was a time that having a creche (a little nativity scene) was controversial but I've never heard any complaints about it here - we have a Christmas tree and a nativity scene, and those of us who are Jewish celebrate privately. And I have no objection to this: I have long since lost my sense of high dudgeon over this kind of thing - I used to get into big arguments like the one I had with the kid at college who said "what's the big deal about having a Christmas tree in the dining hall, Christmas is an American holiday!" The fact that I am an American and don't celebrate Christmas didn't seem to make a difference to his world view. I don't know if multiculturalism has become so generally accepted that people think it's not even necessary to make the gesture towards, say, a menorah on the green during Hanukah, or if it's just dead. Kinda like feminism - but don't get me started on that topic because we'll be here all day. (Suffice to say I despair of my daughters growing up in a world where they will always be judged harshly for being: too fat, too thin, too strong, too weak, too smart, too dumb, too nice, too mean, all at the same time. None of which has anything to do with Sharon or daily photographer, so, end of rant before I even get going.)
I will add, however, that the school teaches something about all the holidays - as I walked through today after delivering my daughter (5 minutes late so we had to get a tardy pass!) to her kindergarten class, I heard another teacher telling her students to put another candle in the menorah! I will post aHanukah picture later this week.