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The Dec. 25 menu is set for Denise Handlarski’s family: Turkey because it’s Christmas. Latkes because it’s Hanukkah.
Ms. Handlarski, a rabbi who lives in Toronto, will be navigating two important markers of the winter holiday season in her household this month when the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Day converge for the first time since 2005.
Ms. Harris may give remarks about border issues during the visit, according to the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss a trip that has not yet been made public. The people said final details about exactly where Ms. Harris would visit or what else she might do on the trip have not been decided. The Harris campaign did not immediately provide a comment.
“What he said or didn’t say is between him and the people of North Carolina,” said Mr. Vance, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate. He added: “I’ve seen some of the statements. I haven’t seen them all. Some of them are pretty gross, to put it mildly. Mark Robinson says that those statements are false, that he didn’t actually speak them. So I think it’s up to Mark Robinson to make his case to the people of North Carolina that those weren’t his statements.”
The rare double celebration presents a conundrum for some who observe both holidays — which to prioritize, how to decorate and what food to serve.
Those who celebrate both holidays tend to be interfaith families like Ms. Handlarski’s or Jews drawn to the appeal of Christmas and a perfectly decorated tree. But that feeling is not universal. For generations, Judaism has encouraged practitioners to preserve their culture by maintaining a separate religious identity, and Jewish parents have told their children that Santa doesn’t visit them because they’re Jewish.
But some Jews like Ms. Handlarski believe that incorporating other cultures does not contradict Judaism.
“We adapt Judaism to the places and times we are living in,” said Ms. Handlarski, a rabbi at the online community SecularSynagogue.com. She never celebrated Christmas as a child but now does with her non-Jewish husband and their two children.
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