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Why was last Thursday night different from all other nights?
Mr. HC and I hosted our first Passover seder as a married couple… like the real grown-ups that we are now. What made this Passover so meaningful is that not only was it the first event we collaborated on as part of our newly Chewish household, it also was the first Jewish holiday I have celebrated since my conversion to Judaism in March.
We read from various haggadot (compendia of, among other things, the story of the Exodus), sang annoyingly catchy songs loudly and off-key, ate cardboard… I mean, matzah, and drank four goblets of overly sweet, oddly viscous “wine”, which I think was Welch’s grape juice that someone already swilled and spit out.
We also got to use one of the most generous, lovely wedding presents we received: a pomegranate seder plate by contemporary metal artist Michael Aram. We filled it with the customary seder accoutrements: karpas (parsley), z’ora (roasted shankbone, Jellyby the shih tzu’s favorite), maror (horseradish), chazeret (a bitter herb, in our yuppie case, arugula), charoset (an apple, walnut, and honey mixture), beitzah (hardboiled egg), and salt water. These items have symbolic significance to the retelling of the story of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
All in all, it was a looong, drunken, delicious, and raucous night. Hope you all had a fabulous Passover, Easter, or long weekend!
Newlywedded bees: was there an event that you celebrated together as a couple that made you feel like you were really a familial unit? Engaged bees: what holiday are you most looking forward to celebrating together?
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That seder plate is so pretty! Are they usually so unique-looking?
I can’t wait to establish our own Christmas traditions with Mr. Bruschetta. 
We’re lucky in that my FI’s parents are still well and happy to host Passover. We’ve offered to host it at our house next year. Since we are getting married the week before Passover in March 2010, I may be planning a Fewish wedding and Passover at the same time (and the honeymoon is going to be postponed).
Is that the Haggadah you have pictured? We should probably look into purchasing a few ourselves.
That seder tray is gorgeous! I would display that thing in my house if I were you.
We had a wonderful time celebrating our first Christmas together. It was the first time I got to spend the holiday with my significant other. We had it at my parent’s house and it was just so fun having him there. It will be weird next year though not being with my family (we plan to alternate years at our parents while we are still sans children).
I Love your seder tray !!! I’m so excited for y’all !! We happily spent our first married Easter at home just the 2 of us .
I love the design of your seder plate. What fun!
Our first official holiday together was Thanksgiving, which was yummy.
@Miss Bruschetta: I think our seder plate is extra cool, but I’m not biased or anything! LOL.
@Brenda: A Fewish passover is awesome! I was thinking next year that I’d really like to incorporate something Chinese into our passover . . . maybe a story about the treatment of Chinese railroad laborers in the U.S. or something. We love getting a range of different haggadot!
@chelseamorning: It sounds like a lovely holiday plan!
I too LOVE your sedar plate!
FH and I are hoping to establish a Thanksgiving tradition with some friends this coming Thanksgiving (the first one after our wedding)
I’m really looking forward to having Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house once we’re married so we don’t have to strictly schedule time with one another’s families.
The seder plate is fabulous! I’m glad that you had fun celebrating this first holiday together!
I also can’t wait to have our first Christmas as a married couple. My house is not big enough to host Thanksgiving.
I’m looking forward to our first Christmas together! I can’t wait!
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Mrs. Hot Cocoa, Boston/Los Angeles
Age and Occupation: 31, JD/PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Medical Student
Engagement Date: May 30, 2008
Wedding Date: March, 2009
Blogging Since: April, 2008
Venue: Ritz Carlton, Marina Del Rey
About Me:
I am a professional student by day and an amateur cupcake taster, bargain shopper, and wedding planner by night. I am obsessed with NPR, the Food Network, paper, dance shows, Anthropologie, post-structuralist theory, Weddingbee!, "The Office," and celebrity gossip. When not procrastinating from my dissertation, I spend time catering to Jellyby, our overly anxious shih tzu, and getting to know Mr. Hot Cocoa. We have only been dating for fifteen years, so it's like I'm in love with a stranger! From the East Coast, we are planning a Jewish-Chinese Extravaganza in L.A., where we both grew up.
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