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jewish friend
Hi I am christian, and I have a friend who is jewish. I want to get her a "holiday" present, but I am not sure what to call it, or if she would think it was rude. I am also not sure when i should give it to her. I don't know when haunaka is. What do you think?
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Just give it to her as a Friendship gift and maybe anytime would be fine to give to her
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OOH I HAVE A JEWISH FRIEND TOO.. HER NAME IS KELLY WRIGHT =D Anywaayys.. you can get her something festive. Maybe go to a glass display thingy and buy a glass snowflake or snowman or something that has to do with Winter!!
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Just get her the present and wrap it in normal wrapping paper, not christmas paper, and on the gift tag write: To (insert name) Happy holidays! From (insert name.) I'm sure she wouldn't be offended by that.
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haunaka has already past.. i think? and get her a christmaca present! or you could call it a holdiday present.. or a christmahanakwazakah present! But she would def. not be offended! Im sure everyone likes to get presents no matter what the holiday is.
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call it chrismakkah (christmas/hanukkah) ...give it to her around xmas time because hanukkah just ended like a few days ago.
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Just get her a regular present. Haunaka is already started
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I think you should talk to her about it. Everyone is different on how they feel about it. I have a jewish friend and I gave her a present and she didn't care, but others might not agree. Just see how she feels about it and go from there.
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I think that if you really wanna give them a present then you should give it for New Year's. Just say its a New year's present. thats how i do it
hope this helps
aliya
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Well regardless of what you call it... i really doubt that shes going to get offended... but since u are concerned... why dont u not call it anything... just give it to her... & say "Happy Holidays" my friends & i arent christian... but we still exchange christmas presents...
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hannukah is going on right now but it will be over soon. So you can buy one now and give it to her. Of course she wouldn't fidn it offending on the card you could just write happy holidays an dhappy new year! i'm sure she would be flattered not think it was rude. you sound liek a great friend to consider all fo this
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Call it a Chanukah present...as a Jew myself, I am flattered when my Christian friends ecknowledge the Jewish holiday. "Holiday" present sounds a bit ambigious...vague...but refurring to it as a Chanukah present shows that you respect their faith, sounds more warm. You know?
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My best friend in college was Jewish and this is what I did. I would get her a "holiday" gift (just like you said) and wrapped it in either holiday neutral colors (you can find cute holiday gift bags at borders that are lime green or hot pink) or blue and silvers (the colors commonly associated with Hanukkah. I would deliver her gift some time between her holiday (which is different every year) and mine. This year Hanukka began on December 7th, according to the holiday site I give you below, it starts on December 25th next year.
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Just let her know that you dont know what to do but you'd like to get her a present and if she acts confused just let know that its just for the heck of it and haunaka i think is already over. I think it would be ok if you are good friends i would just talk to her about it and let her know where you are coming from i think it lasts 7 days though. 12/7-12/14 but put yourself in her shoes.. would you b mad if you got a simple present?
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haunakkah ended last nihgt. And traditionaly friends dont give the presents parents do. Call it a new years present.
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Yeah you should totally give her a present! Don't even call it anything! Give it to her sometime before Christmas. Plan a gift exchange for both of you. I'm pretty sure it's going on now. And instead of giving those little Christmas tags on the presents, just get a piece of stationary and put, To: (Your Best Friend's Name), Love, (Your name). Happy Holidays!
*Randy T*
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Hannukah has past already! But you can give her a Hannukah present still, just get her something that she likes like clothes or a CD or something...
~Brina~
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well i am christian 2 and i ahve a jewish friend, it doesn't matter what when you give it its just the thought that really counts!!!
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Um...the last night of Chanukkah was last night...sorry. Just give her the gift and write on the card "Happy Holidays!" I have a bunch of Jewish friends and they are totally cool about it. No worries ;)
~*~*~Ren~*~*~
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just give her a gift it doesn't have to be a "Christmas Present" or anything... you could just give her a gift and don't even tell her what kind it is ... but give it to her as soon as you can...so it does't look obvious... just tell her that you got her this gift to show her how mush you care for her and just drop it at that...
kev
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I'm Jewish too. :-) And why would she get offended if you called it a "Holiday present?" Thats dumb. Just call it a Hanukkah present, there's nothing wrong with that. I mean, thats what it IS! And the last night of Hanukkah was Tuesday night (December 14) so you're a little bit late, but I'm sure she won't mind. A lot of my friends give me presents around christmas, because that's when they give all of their other friends presents, so im sure you friend is used to getting late Hanukkah presents. And as to what you should give her, just give her the same type of present as you should give one of your christian friends. You know, just like a cd or jewelry or a gift card or something. Jews are no different from christians when it comes to giving/recieving presents!! hope i helped!
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the last day of hannakah was yesterday it lasts for eight nights, but dont get her a dreidle or gelt
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say happy holidays ok daaahling?
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well haunaka is over but you could still call it a haunaka present, you should just get her what you think she would like .
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Hannakuh (sp.) is over, my dear friend. But if you still want to give her something for CHRISTMAS, I don't think it would be rude to. You can just say..."Hey! Happy Christmukkah!!!" Don't make a big deal out of it. Just tell her that you couldn't just NOT get her something. I don't think she'd mind. I mean hey, who doesn't like presents??? :P
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Give it to her this week and say "Hey ____, here is a gift for you for the holdiays. Hope you like it!" Call it a gift:)
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Well Haunaka is over so you can't call it that. Try calling it a New Year's present or just a holiday present. Or maybe even say a late Haunaka present. I hope I helped!
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