This is the day when Jews feel Jewish On this day we are different. WE watch the frantic buying of presents, the meeting of relatives for the annual celebration and then - whoosh!¬ it's all over for another year. We look on but are not exactly part of it. I crave for A Christian content to Chrismas rather than consumer obligations as I also miss Sunday Closing - it had a meaning, if only signifying a Day of Rest.

MILTON FIRMAN