Well, the clue is in the music you'll have noticed.

It's been new and improved with literal jingle bells there.

I'm Jonathan Friedland in London.

I'm Inete Levy in Tel Aviv.

And it's unholy, our special for Christmas,

because as the music gave away, it is that time of year.

Some of you may have noticed the outside.

It is that day, that time of year.

Obviously, a massive deal all over the world except your need, surely, where you are.

You're the one exception, aren't you?

A little bit of caveats to that.

We'll talk about that in a moment.

But yes, this will be the episode in which two Jews take on Christmas, for sure. Whether Jews mark this or not, and whether Jews in Israel mark it even at all, I mean, my assumption is they don't. But, you know, correct me if I'm wrong, we can plunge right in.

I always do. We'll get to Israel and what happens here. I think it's really interesting because

some of the more commercialized aspects, the American aspects of Christmas have sort of trickled down.

Of course, when you add to that, the Russian community celebrating a Novigod, the end of the

New Year, the Russian New Year's, we'll get to all

that. But I think one of the interesting things when we talk about, you know, Jews and Christmas

is particularly that Jews, I mean, you know this much better than I do, feel kind of outsiders

on Christmas.

And they have developed over the years their different sort of ways to feel part of the traditions, you know, kind of strip away the theology, but yes, still kind of take part in the

traditions or carve themselves their unique own traditions on Christmas.

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