O Tannenbaum/Thoughts on Jewish Authenticity

I've been wanting to blog about our Christmas Solstice tree, but I've been afraid to.

Oh, it's not your fault, gentle reader. I got the same stab of fear when I recently went to see Neutral Milk Hotel, and "King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 2″ came on. "I love you Jeeeesus Chriiiist," Jeff Mangum crooned, and for a moment, I stopped singing along and instead froze in a sort of position of religious befuddlement. I mean, really, what would my Jewish mother think?!

(I talked to her; turns out, she...