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More families celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah

Known as the “December Dilemma’’ - a quandary that sometimes caused great anguish between Jewish and Christian partners around how to celebrate their respective holidays - that issue has all but disappeared with the public’s acceptance of interfaith marriages. These days, over 50 percent of Jews marry outside of their faith.

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