I Don't Think This Baker Really "Gets" Hanukkah

Inside The Mind of Today's Baker:

"Wait, wait, wait.

"You're saying Hanukkah cakes can't have Christmas decorations on them?

"No Christmas trees? No reindeer? No Santa Claus??

"Well, ok...."

"Merry Christmas, Hanukkah peeps!"

Thanks to Cactus for the festive facepalm.

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Comments

[LauraB]

The lettering on the dreidel is backwards too. I suppose neither the baker nor the bakery is to blame for that.

[Maureen]

Oh, so close! They allllmmmmoooossstttt had it.

[Alison]

"Baker becomes a defender in the War Against Christmas" What a heroic act!

[BW]

And to add insult to injury, the dreidel is backwards. The Hebrew letters are backwards. So either the design was printed backwards, or the cake decorator put in on wrong side up.

[a person]

*Face palm* at least they did not put on the reindeer

[mindy1]

OK, now they are messing with us...right?!

[mara]

also the plastic decoration is on backwards. (the star should be on the left)

[Sara]

Mirror image makes for backwards dreidel letters- double fail.

[L]

Oy vay!!!

[Alice]

My first year as a cake decorator was at a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. So you learn fast what the holidays are and what you can do and what you can't do. If you want repeat business you learn, This was obvious a fail,

[Pam]

Oy Vay Maria!

[Sue W.]

Juuuuuuust covering ALL the bases! Wouldn't want to offend anyone. Offend EVERYone!

[katie]

I think it's a plastic cake topper, which means the plastic thing was made backwards. And I'm pretty sure this cake may not be Kosher. But ... I'm not Jewish, so I'm no expert.

[Denise]

This would work if a Jewish/Christian mixed marriage. . . .

[Crazy Cat Lady]

I guess their lamp oil was getting low so they really couldn't see what they were doing

[Mareile]

Not to mention there ARE Christmas trees on there... Those are Christmas tree sprinkles!

[Leigh Ann]

The plastic decoration looks like it has a front and a back (see how it sticks up a bit from the cake?), not something you could get backward, so you have to wonder about the factory that made it. You can't blame the decorator for that. I wouldn't know, either, and would assume something like that was correct. I cackled loudly when I scrolled down and saw the Merry Christmas, though.

[Emily]

Oddly appropriate for those of us celebrating a little bit of everything and being careful not to light the tree up when we're lighting the menorah...

[AngelaS]

I had hoped the backwards dreidel and Hebrew letters were a result of iPhone's penchant for reversing images, but then the Merry Christmas would be backwards too. Oh well, keep hope alive.

[CBushLite]

Flotsam! Flotsam for everyone!!!

[jackwire]

@Pam
Well done!

[TriciaL]

And, just for good measure, festive red and green sprinkles.

[juice]

@Pam, standing ovation!

[Alison]

I imagine the plastic Hanukkah decor was made in China, where they have no idea about how a dreidel should look.

[teabunny]

I kinda wish they had really blown people's minds by leaving off the Merry Christmas and replacing it with reindeer. Hanukkah reindeer, I can just imagine it.

[Arlene Marie]

Lol oh man now I know they have to be messing with us. Failed even with plastic bits.. sheesh lol.

[Jane]

teabunny, I'd love it. It would give all the House fans a chance to say "It's a moose, on a Jew."

[Caro]

@Pam
I just sprayed a copious amount of nasal coffee onto my laptop. Would you mind mopping up while I seek medical attention?

[Dina]

Those red and green sprinkles seem passive aggressive, too.

[Chicago]

*head hits desk*

[Callista]

To give them the benefit of the doubt... maybe this was for a family where some were Jewish and others Christian? And somehow they both wanted the same cake? Could happen, right?

[Allie]

Some Jewish families celebrate both, though prob. not on the same cake. :-P