I know that during the four-plus years I've been writing this blog, I've written a few Christmas-themed posts. I have shown bicycles used as props for Christmas lights and other decorations and, a couple of days ago, an ugly Christmas sweater with cycling reindeer. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a diatribe against buying your kids (or the kids in your life) department-store bikes for Christmas.
Now, I'm assuming that some of you, my dear readers, are Jewish--or, at least observe Hanukkah in some fashion. I haven't forgotten about you. How could I, after coming across this?:
Hanukkah, of course, commemorates the victory of an army of Jewish Maccabees over a Greek occupying force that vastly outnumbered them. The Maccabees thought they had enough oil to last only for one night, but their menorah burned for eight days and nights.
Given the role that bicycles have played in the military, it's hard not to wonder how things might have turned out if one side or the other had bicycles. For that matter, would Moses have had to spend forty years wandering the desert if he had two wheels and two pedals?
All right: I'll stop before I start offending anyone's religious senibilities (if I haven't already done that). Happy Hanukkah!
Now, I'm assuming that some of you, my dear readers, are Jewish--or, at least observe Hanukkah in some fashion. I haven't forgotten about you. How could I, after coming across this?:
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| This, and other menorahs, can be found here. |
Hanukkah, of course, commemorates the victory of an army of Jewish Maccabees over a Greek occupying force that vastly outnumbered them. The Maccabees thought they had enough oil to last only for one night, but their menorah burned for eight days and nights.
Given the role that bicycles have played in the military, it's hard not to wonder how things might have turned out if one side or the other had bicycles. For that matter, would Moses have had to spend forty years wandering the desert if he had two wheels and two pedals?
All right: I'll stop before I start offending anyone's religious senibilities (if I haven't already done that). Happy Hanukkah!
