Thread by @JewWhoHasItAll

My trip to a Christian Market
#PublicSchool #Report
By Shlomit Ben David, age 10

Last week my family and me visited New York, where many Christians live.

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My dad asked if I wanted to visit a #Christian #ethnic #neighborhood and I said yes because I am very interested in all #different #cultures. In the Christian neighborhood there were special places for Christian people to enjoy.

2/17

I saw treyf restaurants, Christian shuls, Christaica shops, and even a special #Christian #market where they buy their special treyf food. I asked if we can go into the market and my dad said yes.

3/17

The Christian market had many interesting and #exotic #foods for Christian people to eat. The Christian market had foods imported all the way from Vatican! I saw packages that had meat and cheese in the same package and my dad said that it is real meat and not vegetarian!

4/17

The Christian market had some sweet rolls with plus signs on them that my dad said represents the execution device that killed the Christian prophet.

5/17

They had some green items labeled for “St Patrick” but I think that is just the Christian name for Purim because my Christian friend Christopher told me he was celebrating a Patrick Day last year on Purim.

6/17

My dad said it is not for Purim it is for Tu B’Shvat because it has greenery on it.

7/17

There was a whole display that had nothing but pink meats that my dad said was swine meat. I asked my dad, don’t they know that swine are as smart as dogs and why do they eat them?

8/17

And he said it is a special mitzvah to eat swine in their religion so we shouldn’t judge. I saw a cake that had a special harp-shaped hechsher. My dad said that this hechsher means the food is treyf.

9/17

I also saw some very gross looking frozen food that looked like giant bugs. My dad said that the food is crustaceans that Christians take out of the sea and eat, as we eat fish, and stop making gagging noises you’re embarrassing me.

10/17

The Christian market was selling some cards that Christians like to give each other for their holidays.

There were many options so maybe it is a mitzvah to give a card for their Ester and Patrick Days.

11/17

The Christian market also had some normal foods in weird flavors, for example hummus that tastes like chocolate.

12/17

There were weird brands I never heard of that are Christian brands that sell the special treyf food that Christians need to eat for their religion.

13/17

One Christian brand had a swine’s head as its logo, to tell Christians that this is a product for them.

14/17

The people in the Christian market looked mostly normal which was surprising because I thought maybe they wouldn’t look like regular people since they eat these weird foods.

15/17

I felt nervous in there that people might accidentally think that I am a Christian and try to feed me their food but no one noticed me and my dad there and everyone seemed nice.

16/17

In conclusion, if you want to see many unusual things that might gross you out a little bit, I recommend that you go to New York and visit a Christian market.

The End

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