When you have that one Jewish friend and it’s November 1st so you play Christmas music but they don’t celebrate it so on this day it’s ok to playChristmas and Hanukkah music
A metaphor and/or simile to describe a situation in which one feels excluded from a ritual, function or event of interest or importance.
Based upon the simple fact that the majority of Americans celebrate christmas, while most Jewish families do not.
This phrase refers to any situation in which an individual is not involved or cannot relate to their peers, and is not restricted to a literal meaning.
Alaskan: I just got my dividend. About $2,000 this year.
Out of state visitor: Man, I hate it when you Alaskans get your dividend checks, I always feel like the jewish kid on christmas.
Hater: Oh my god, that's racist! Why are you always such a racist?
Out of state visitor: um, Jewish people don't celebrate christmas, that's not racism, that's fact. Go read a book dumbass.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.