sitting watching freddie's game. college stories....
"yeah, like someone started that"
laughing
"i mean i know how it got started--because I said my dad (steve) is jewish. but like i said he's not like really jewish, just like born that way. "
laughing harder
"and it's weird, cause like there are all these italian kids from new york that are jewish--like how does that happen?"
seriousness for a minute, "result of the roll into the 80s and dropping the overbearing guilt of being the grandchild of a holocaust survivor..."
we're quiet for a moment, heads nodding.
jefferson begins again, "like everyone's--oh yeah, you dont celebrate christmas--you're jewish. and then i'm like, my grandmother is a baptist sunday school teacher--i celebrate christmas"
i can't stop laughing. I can't imagine jefferson not celebrating xmas...tearing through presents, paper everywhere, an incredibly happy young innocent smile on his face (even at 20...at 40).
"jefferson--your life--always interesting. black jewish kid with white parents"