Erase Rewind

I am not perfect, nor do I pretend to be.  Brilliant, maybe.  Beautiful, perhaps.  But perfect, never.

With that in mind, I'd like to extend my sincerest apologies to all the gentiles I may have offended in my previous post.  To wit, "Santa Clause" is actually spelled without an "e."  According to my friend Mark, the erroneous spelling can be traced back to the eponymous Tim Allen movie, which was so-named as a reference to the contract between the Tim Allen character and Santa Claus.  I never actually saw that movie -- although if I had, I probably wouldn't admit it -- but it seems to me that its target audience probably did not grasp such a surprisingly subtle nod to the wonders of the English language.  An elitist opinion, maybe, but just because an opinion is elitist does not mean it's wrong.

In any event, Jews try very hard to be sensitive to the beliefs of our gentile friends, both because we don't like to hurt anyone's feelings, and because there are lots more of you than there are of us.  We've learned the latter point the hard way, several times.  Plus, I'd like Mark to have my back if we ever got into a bar fight.  He's taller than me, and he has a boyfriend who could be a linebacker, if only he wasn't a homosexual.

So please, forgive me, my Christian friends.  It's what Jesus would have wanted.