Re: Raising kids in a different culture
... Alhamd*o*lillah...
You sound so persian :p
As for your sister's kids femme i think what your sister and her hub did was okay given the circumstances. Their kids will hold a grudge against eid for ruining their christmas and their course of action, given the choices, was a good one. But that does lead us to ask other questions such as the kids already engaging in christmas activities on days leading up to christmas but the same is not happening for Eid.
Also, braces for rotten tomatoes this is just another reason why i'm against people sending kids to public schools and not islamic schools. And that begs the question of how many of us are willing to give up the tv subscription that gives us a thousand and three channels (and other similar extravagances) and maybe allocate more $ towards kids' schooling.
Funny thing though the public school one of my brother's kids go to in chicago have totally ceased all christmas/holiday activities since that school is running short on funds. Some of the locals think its a conspiracy by that area's non-christian residents :D