Reply To: Give Gentiles Presents During Their Holiday Time

Minyangal I agree with my friend. Because telling them to “enjoy their holiday” is like a breech in our terms of being connected as a jew to Hashem, since you’re like m’chazak-ing a non jew to go enjoy his idol worshipping festival, with your best wishes.

Why do we have to say anything? You just hand them a gift and say ” This is a little gift for you…”

Its self explanatory.

Also, I just want to say that a few weeks ago there was a thread about do what do we do on Halloween..do you give out candy to your non jewish neighbors.

One point which was written there was the point that some Rav (whose name I forget) use to have his Rebbetzin hand out candy so that the non jewish kids/families would feel good, caring as good neighbors.

That was Halloween, a Holiday based on paganism, so therefore it should be the same for xman. I will be giving to our handyman and landlord. im yirtze hashem.