Hanukkah vs. Christmas

There are many differences between Hanukkah and Christmas, but which one is better. I am partial to this argument. I am Jewish, so I celebrate Hanukkah, but Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. Every year we go to our friends house and pick out a tree and decorate it, and on Christmas eve, we go to peoples house for a Christmas eve dinner. There are many pros and cons to both holidays. Hanukkah, you get presents for 8 days, and Christmas you only get presents for one day. On Christmas you have to go to church (pro or con depending on the person), and on Hanukkah you have to light a candle each night and say one prayer. I have been debating with people which holiday is better, and I have come to the conclusion that you can't really decide, unless you celebrate both. For example I am Jewish, but I wish that I could celebrate Christmas, but I have some Christian friends, who wished that they celebrated Hanukkah. You decide which one is better, and which one you wish you could celebrate.

What would your parents say?

This week during American Studies, we have been talking about mythology and identity, and what we were raised to be and what is expected of us, and does it matter where you come from. I thought about this question a lot. Someone in the class said that money is everything and that is what our parents have been teaching us, and that we have to have a lot of money in our future. I do not think that this is correct. I think that one of the biggest things that is important to your parents is that their children do what makes them happy. I am at the stage of starting to think about college, and it is a big decision, and I thought of what it would be like if I decided not going to college, and what my parents would say. I told my dad that I don't want to go to college and he said that's fine, as long as you do something that you can be successful in. I think that being successful is one of the big ideas of what we are meant to do. You can be successful in many ways, you could be poor and be successful, and have a lot of money and be successful. I do not think that all of our parents are saying is that you have to go to college, then grad school, and then get a job and work your way up to CEO. I think that we all chose our own destiny, and that our parents can not brain wash us with all that is important is to have lots of money. What do you think, and what do you think your parents would say?

Did Blagojevich really think he would get away with this?

If you don't know yet, which I don't how you would not know yet, but Governor Blagojevich got arrested earlier this week, for bribing people to become senator. I don't know how, but he thought that he would not be caught and would get away with this. He has decided not to resign, and I am not sure what his next action will be. He said when he was running for Governor that he would not be like Illinois previous Governor Ryan who also got arrested, and here we are years later and going against his word and getting arrested. It is such a big deal that even SNL (Saturday Night Live) feels like they have to make fun of him. There is an article at Chicagotribune.com about Saturday Night Live bashing Blagojevich. If he thought that he could get away with this in this age where Bush has the government tapping phone lines. The Governor was wrong, and not being smart, and should go to jail. Why in the first place would he think that this was a good idea at all?