Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

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This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two ...

Hanukkah, which commemorates a Jewish military victory in Jerusalem some 2,200 years ago, usually falls in December, and given Christmas’ claim on the 25th, the two can occur within weeks or ...

The Garcias are an interfaith family who will celebrate the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas, which fall on the same day this year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share For the first time ...

In 2024, Christmas and Hanukkah will fall on the same day - December 25 - for the first time since 2005. Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25, and Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights ...

For the first time, Erica Foster took her menorah on the road this year. She, her husband, Tim, and their 3-year-old daughter, Olivia, made the 12-hour drive from Old Irving Park to Tim’s ...

Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting that the Jewish Festival of Lights has almost become an imitation of the ...

Christmas! Hanukkah! The battle rages on! OK, fine, it’s not really a “battle,” but it is kind of fun as today is both Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah. Translation: Jewish kids ...

OKAY. YEAH. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. WISHING A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOUR LOVED ONES AROUND THE TREE OR CELEBRATING WITH LOVED ONES AND SAYING, HAPPY HANUKKAH AROUND A MENORAH. TODAY, MANY OF US SPENT THE DAY ...

He said with Christmas and day one of Hanukkah both falling on Dec. 25 this year, his family will make sure the Christmas tree and the menorah will both get time to shine. “The timing of it is ...