Doh! George and Laura Bush Send Out Christmas-Themed Hanukkah Invitations

Posted by Ryan Powers, Think Progress at 6:07 AM on November 27, 2008.

Um ... you probably shouldn't put a Christmas tree on the front of your Hanukkah invitations.

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President and First Lady Bush recently sent Jewish community leaders invitations to a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month. But as the New York Post reports, the invitations "raised more than a few eyebrows" because the image on them was that of a "Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave":

One Jewish community leader from Brooklyn quipped, "It's obvious what's going on here: The Christmas tree is being taken out of the White House and the menorah is being brought in the back." The first lady's spokesperson explained, "It is something that just slipped through the cracks."

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