If cousin Jesus was indeed born on Dec. 25th then tomorrow would be his “bris” — circumcision. For that reason, very Orthodox Jews refuse to celebrate the secular New Year, as they don’t want to seem to be celebrating Jesus’ birth in any way (not to speak of not wanting anything to do with unseemly drunken orgies).
I personally doubt we have any real clue when Jesus was born, so the bris part is kind of irrelevant to me. I’m all for for the drunken orgies, but, sad to say, I wasn’t invited to any. In fact, New Years always struck me as kind of dumb — just one more opportunity to be over-charged for drinks and/or spend an endless amount of time with drunks (sans the orgies, drunks are terribly boring company). Of course, since I don’t have a date this year, sitting home and feeling superior is about the only compensation I’m going to get.
So, to my fellow lonely hearts, here is some political humor to help us feel even more superior.
As for the the rest of you, enjoy your drunken orgies while you can. Go on, leave the worrying about global warming to us serious people….