Ruth’s Sociology Resources Blog

This is a bit of fun - a video on YouTube with someone singing about being Jewish at Christmas. It’s lighthearted but it still makes you think about our cultural assumptions that everyone celebrates Christmas and also the ways in which the creation of a consumption culture has to some extent hidden the Christian religious roots of Christmas.

I eat Chinese food at Christmas

If you’re a teacher doing anything around ethnicity or religion with your students you may want to use this as a discussion starter.