This week on "Raero's Life's Lessons" - Rachel teaches the guy at 7-11 about religion.
Me: Do you have candles?Him: What?Me: Do you have Hannukah candles?Him: What?Me: Do you have candles?Him: Candles for what? A birthday party?Me: No. For Hannukah.Him: What?Me: Like... instead of Christmas - some people celebrate Hannukah?
He admits that he probably doesn't have what I'm looking for but shows me Glade products and some birthday cake candles. I explain that won't work and start to walk about but he is eager to learn.
What happens next you ask? Well, I teach the 7-11 guy about Hannukah. No, I didn't go into the miracle of the oil lasting 8 days or anything like that - but I explained to him that not everyone celebrates Christmas. And if you are "Jewish" you celebrate a different holiday called "Hannukah." And to celebrate said holiday, you light candles on this thing called a Menorah.
Then we played this amazing game.
Me: MenorahHim: (repeating) Men-or-ah?Me: You got it!
We had a few laughs as we neighbors do...and then he smiles and says "You are Jew?" and I say yes and I laugh and he laughs and we are like old friends.
As I walked out the door, he said "Well, I learned something new today!"
I thought he was going to say "Happy Hannukah" but I'm good with that instead.
I think you may have a potential product on your hands- Glade Menorahs!!! Glade will make anything, have you seen the commercials for their new motion sensor scent spritzer?!
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