Friday, November 22, 2013

The End of Judaism: Hanukkah and Thanksgiving

In about a week, the new plot to destroy the Jewish community will unfold and there is nothing we can do to stop it.  No Jew will be able to survive this occasion fully intact and by the end of the year, most will be a fragment of the person they once were.  The occurrence I am describing happens as frequently as a complete reversal of the geomagnetic poles (please don’t fact check me on this one).  The Jewish community knows what I’m talking about, but for the percentage of the world’s population that is non-Jewish (99.8%), I’ll explain the upcoming near catastrophic event.  Thanksgiving and Hanukkah will overlap and some people will celebrate both holidays on the same day.

Now this may seem like a Neo-Nazi or Anti-Semitic doing, but so far my leads on those stories have gone nowhere.  I thought for a minute that maybe the Catholic Church had planned this as a final revenge for the whole Jesus thing, but this Pope actually seems to care about people outside his circle of Cardinals.  Keep that revolutionary spirit going, Pope Francis.  ThanksHannukkah just seems to be another way of our Judeo-Christian god proclaiming that we are the chosen people.  Our imaginary god likes to fuck with us.

Many may think that this is a hilarious and fun coincidence.  Latkes with turkey?  Sounds delightful.  Wrong.  Who actually like Thanksgiving apart from the days off from work, the sometimes decent food, and the choice sporting matchups.  Other than that, Thanksgiving is usually terrible.  First, let’s enjoy the genesis of this holiday.  Way to celebrate the one good moment the white man had with the Native Americans before they were ruthless slaughtered or smallpox blanketed to death.  Thanksgiving is a day that anybody who has colonial settler ancestors should pay heavy reparations or at least give a donation to a museum on Native American history.  Thanksgiving is filled with conversations with Republican relatives asking the normal slew of why don’t you have a girlfriend, why is your girlfriend here, why don’t you have a job, why aren’t you looking harder for a job, why did we elect a President from Kenya, why isn’t Ted Cruz president, why can’t you be like your cousin, and why are you crying.  Nothing says a fun, relaxed evening like listening to that cattle chorus of delicious sounds.  Only the quiet relief of tryptophan can ease the shouting and yelling as you drift face down into the mashed potatoes.  Always a delightful holiday!

At least Hanukkah has presents.  Otherwise its like Thanksgiving but on Hebrew crack.  Only a Jewish grandmother can reach deep down and effortlessly remind you of your many failures as a human being.  The Hanukkah dinner is where we let down our gentile guard and let our stereotypes run free.  The same questions asked at Thanksgiving get asked again, but in a whiner and more Brooklyn oriented tone.  Only the sweet feeling of receiving a present at the end of the night makes the evening tolerable.  The last act of Hanukkah is to add actual fire to the figurative powder keg, by lighting the candles.  Nothing says family togetherness than yelling at each other for not lighting a bunch of candles correctly.  Always a bundle of joy wrapped in a blanket of fun.

Naturally, it makes sense celebrate both on the same day.  Its convenience as hell and presents a great novelty.  In reality, it’ll be an arduous day and not even the thrill of eating latkes with sweet potato pie will be able to save the Jewish people.  We’ve survived by the skin of our teeth, but next Thursday may mark the end of our glorious run.  We’ll be doing the job of the Anti-Semites for them.  Oye Vey, the Thanksgiving yelling will be combined with the Hanukkah guilt.  The Thanksgiving Republicans will ask a million questions about why we don’t celebrate Christmas.  Thanksgiving relatives and Hanukkah relatives will stare at each other with utter disgust.  Most foul of all, Hanukkah will be spelled in 800 wrong variations.  In short, it will be terrible and towards the end I see mass murder suicides occurring all over areas of Jewish strongholds.  Proud neighborhoods in Long Island, Miami, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn will be wiped out.  An upside though is that the lines for Black Friday will be marginally thinner.

So I urge Jewish families to utilize the other 7 nights of Hanukkah.  I know it sounds stupid, but use night five as the holiday celebration.  It could work, why not.  Just resist the urge to celebrate the super holiday and we may just make it in time to celebrate our favorite holiday: Christmas.  

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