Has your mom converted to Christianity, or does she just enjoy Christian festivities and rituals e.g. going to sing to Christmas Carols at the local Church?

Thanks for sharing! As to your question:

Formally, no, she hasn't converted or been baptized or anything, so technically, and by many peoples' standards and considerations, she's still Jewish. But if you were to ask her, she'd tell you she's Catholic and converted (not in any kind of sneaky/deceptive way, though, and she'd also tell you she wasn't baptized/didn't formally convert in any way) — goes to church, prays, celebrates all Christian holidays, etc. The rituals and holidays and stuff was more how she was when I was growing up — not a very religious household, but we celebrated Christmas, Easter, etc, but not so much w/ any Jewish holidays (we'd go to my grandparents or aunt/uncles for Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, etc, so we celebrated in a sense. But no menorahs or anything in our house), whereas now she's actually religious