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DAILY SHVITZ
Jewish Woman Loves Santa

The Tref Home In QuestionThe Tref Home In QuestionIn an Orthodox neighborhood in L.A., a Jewish mother and heiress to an exotic-lingerie fortune (who now runs the Trashy Lingerie franchise with her hubby), decided to decorate her home this holiday season with ornate Christmas decorations including two giant snow globes, illuminated angels, candy canes, and a few large Santas. Her neighbors, who are mostly Jewish, have expressed mixed feelings about her actions.

“Some people are so offended, you have no idea,” said Mary Loomis-Shrier, who has long erected the giant display on a lovely street south of Hollywood. “But some of my neighbors think it is great. Some of their kids drop their list of toys in my mailbox. I don’t care because I love it, and it is my right."

Oh, I think we have plenty of ideas as to how Jews might not make light of "inherently Christian" acts.


Beth Gottfried Lisogorsky is a professional blogger whose work has appeared on numerous sites from Rotten Tomatoes to PopMatters. She loves film, TV (yes "the boob tube"), and music and has critiqued on all three. In 2004, she published a book


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