I’m not satisfied with just my own holidays, I want to celebrate yours too!
In December, I like to glom on to other people’s holiday events. I hit a few house parties, share a Shabbat dinner, watch a lighted parade, do our annual gingerbread house-making party, get my “carol-on” and crash a particularly, stuffy friend’s office party; three years running. On a good year, I’ll get to top-off the season, with a well-paid, New Year’s Eve gig, in a lovely destination, with friends.
I am not religious, (despite Catholic schooling) but I do believe that Jesus was a real guy–and probably a really cool guy too. He must have been a free-spirited, forward-thinking guy who couldn’t help but to joyfully share his vision. He was an entertainer, a storyteller, a preacher, and I love his birthday parties! Is it enough that I believe in the messenger?
As a comedian I can’t help but imagine funny situations like Jesus as a teenager, having normal family problems. I imagine that Joseph had arranged a job interview for him, and spent the whole night before the interview, trying to talk his son into wearing closed-toed shoes. Arrrgghh, teenagers!

