I've had to deal with a lot of Christian seders and I finally figured out how to explain it to them in a way that they got why I found it noxious.
"Would you like to learn some of my family's traditions?" They all nod eagerly.
"We leave the door open the entire night, because of blood libels. You see, Jewish people were persecuted on Passover, so we leave the door open to prove we had nothing to hide. And also, so we could look out and make sure no one was planting a body in front of our home. In Spain, many Jews forced to convert to Christianity would risk torture and execution to keep a tiny part of it, so they would leave cards on the table, so that any Christian servants would think they were just playing games. In the Holocaust, Jews starved to death before eating leaven bread. Would you like to include those traditions?"
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trigger warning for Jewish persecution
Date: 2013-07-18 12:39 am (UTC)"Would you like to learn some of my family's traditions?" They all nod eagerly.
"We leave the door open the entire night, because of blood libels. You see, Jewish people were persecuted on Passover, so we leave the door open to prove we had nothing to hide. And also, so we could look out and make sure no one was planting a body in front of our home. In Spain, many Jews forced to convert to Christianity would risk torture and execution to keep a tiny part of it, so they would leave cards on the table, so that any Christian servants would think they were just playing games. In the Holocaust, Jews starved to death before eating leaven bread. Would you like to include those traditions?"
Usually, that shuts them up.