From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:

When I came down to breakfast this morning, I found I had a very large chocolate hatchet by my cereal dish and it was from Gladys. She said she forgot to give it to me yesterday but I said it would taste just as good today and anyhow I don’t like George Washington and it’s not a very important holiday like the Fourth of July or Christmas.

Like my grandmother, Hilda’s family appears to have been secular Jews. Although she attended Sunday school where she learned Jewish customs and traditions, the family enjoyed celebrating Christmas.