Last year I wrote about my trip to a holiday concert where I was surrounded by goyim. Well, it seems that this is becoming a holiday tradition.
Last night Aliza and I went to see the Boston Pops. The impetus for the trip was the appearance of the Von Trapp children. These are the actual great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp, the family made famous in The Sound of Music. I bought the tickets because Aliza was a big fan growing up of the movie. Little did I know that the show would include a Christmas sing-a-long, complete with words projected onto the giant snowflakes on the side of the stage.
In all honesty, it was a very nice show. The music was great, the kids were cute, and it was quite festive and fun. But seriously, when everyone started clapping while singing "Jingle Bells" I felt like the only non-Christian in the room. In all fairness, they did include a medley of Hanukah tunes as one of the pieces, but the arrangement was some of the most goyish Jewish music ever. Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, when performed orchestrally, should not include bells in the background. It's just too Christmas-y.
I was inspired to make an effort to go back sometime in the coming year to see the BSO do a full performance. I do enjoy classical music and Boston's Symphony Hall is pretty impressive.