It's My Place: Heidelberg, Hannukah and Hosannah

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Heidelberg, Hannukah and Hosannah

This past weekend, I had class in Heidelberg again. Yes, I stopped at the same gas station to get Red Bull and gas, but there was no altercation this time. The class I'm taking in Heidelberg is about E-Commerce and Security. We sit around for 6 hours discussing how unsecure the web is. I told my instructor how much I shop on the internet, and he told me that by the end of the term, I'll stop shopping online. All I have to say is I have 4 days of classes left and I'm not a believer yet...at least not to the point that I would stop shopping. Plus, if I do, I'll have P to contend with.
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As usual, P and I had yet another one of our 'conversations'. P stayed with a friend, R, while I had class last night. P went with R to church for Bible Study and to take R's two teenagers (C & J) to chior rehearsal. After class, I picked P up from the Chapel on base, and in the car, P was singing a song.

Me: What are you singing?
P: A song C and J were singing at the church.
Me: Can you sing it for me, loud so I can hear it?
P: Hannukah in the highest...Hannukah in the highest...
Me: That's not right, the correct words are Hosannah in the highest.
P: No, it's Hannukah in the highest.
Me: I know the whole song, and I learned it when I was little. The correct word is Hosannah.
P: Mommy, you wasn't there, the word is Hannukah.
Me: OK.

I might want to add that church is a Gospel church, and I'll bet no one in the church was Jewish. Once again, I picked my battle, and gave up. Needless to say, she sang that wrong song the entire 15 minute ride to the house.

What does P know about Hannukah, you say? I think she saw something about on the Rugrats.

9:49 PM |

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