The Insider’s Guide to Hanukkah Gift-Giving
Know what women really want this holiday season? Neither does CBS:
The flame-up menorah at the end is a nice touch. But most impressive is how this holiday-time PSA was ever cleared for a general audience. Clearly only Jewish women suffer from cervical cancer.
But wait: apparently Christian women are also in jeopardy:
And lest you think this is some gag, rest assured it is not. The next step, naturally, is to floor her on her birthday with a root canal and/or a colonoscopy.
Well now you can surprise that favourite female in your life with a deeply [ahem] meaningful gift.
You’re welcome.
Oh yes, ’cause my husband tots knows more about my health than I do. I’m just a lady, with a simple lady mind. Thanks, honey!
Here, let me schedule your prostate exam for you. Won’t that just light your menorah?
I don’t think I’ve ever winced before when contemplating a lit menorah.
“Just a shmear can save her life.” Oh. My. God.
Raysh, I love you even more for bringing this into my life. Holy. God. Also, that Christmas one actually made me close my eyes in horror.
And of course they have different guys doing each PSA.
Maybe it’s their way of diverting attention from the “I have a little dreidel” problem?
A few of my gifts in the past haven’t been exactly what my wife wanted. One or two might have even been bad. But at least I can rest easy knowing that I’m a much better gift-shopper than someone who would think “Hey, for Chanukah I’ll get my wife a ‘pap schmear’ appointment! She’ll love it!!!” I wonder how many couch-nights a gift like that warrants? Or does that send the spouse straight to sleeping in the bathtub (with dripping faucet on forehead)? 😉
Could somebody explain why people exchange gifts on Chanukah?
Jonathan1, there’s the obvious: the seasonal connection with Christmas. Also, see the final section in this post: http://jewschool.com/2009/12/09/19298/chappy-chanukah-its-still-my-favorite-holiday/
At the end of the day, we just have to acknowledge that, however it happened, we’ve developed a pretty fun holiday
At least for me, this rings a lot better/truer than talking about giving presents because the Maccabees won a civil war, and pretending that Christmas has nothing to do with how we celebrate Chanukah.
MORE COLONOSCOPY LINKS PLZ
Lest anyone think this was some kind of viral humor something or other, I actually saw the commercial during this week’s How I Met Your Mother! Ick ick ick ick ick.