(Recorded 12-7-25)

My last name is Cohen. There are very few names on earth 🌍 more Jewish ✡️ than Cohen, spelled C-O-H-E-N. And yet, this time of year people who know me (and who have known me) continually offer me Christmas🎄greetings or ask questions about my family's Christmas 🎅 plans. Do I get offended? I do not. I appreciate the benevolent purpose motivating the well-wishes. However, it does make me wonder why so many people think everyone else is just like them.💡It does also take me back to a time when our then toddler, Mia Cohen, explained rather directly to a neighbor who wished her a Merry Christmas that neither she nor her family celebrated that holiday. An important message and one communicated in a clear and unmistakable manner. 🎯 ...