Invite some Christians to Passover Dinner...It Will Mean a Lot to Them and to You

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5. My best friend and I have gone to a couple of Christmas midnight masses together over the years.

She has no religious belief at all, yet she is an artist and empathetic to how we all relate to spirituality and ritual, especially the visual aspects of it all. We had a running line about the mass. She said "I'm not going to sit down, stand up, kneel, stand back up then sit." I'd say, "I know. Just enjoy the show."

And midnight mass is a real show.

Yet it offered a chance to talk about things. A bigger show than either of us. She got that part. We had some good talks about all of it all.

And I knew it was also a statement of sorts for her - appreciating the ritual as an artist, supporting a friend as a friend and not giving a damn about the hoopla, yet being open about her take.