Hanukkah, Christmas

In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day
Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day. Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900.
Christmas and Hanukkah: Distinct Holidays With a Common Challenge
Christian theology professor Ephraim Radner thinks that’s a natural time to examine what makes each holiday distinct in order to resist both ill-fitting attempts to draw parallels between the two and a common enemy they share: overcommercialization.
Hanukkah starts on Christmas this year, a relatively rare confluence of religious holidays
The glow from Christmas tree bulbs will shine with the brightness of menorah candles on Wednesday.
Hanukkah begins on same day as Christmas this year. 10 things to know about Jewish holiday
Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27. The holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar and always falls on the 25th day of Kislev.
Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day
Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day. That's only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, that intersection of the two religious holidays provides
Christmas, Hanukkah's start align this year. Here's how rare it is
According to VOX, the holidays don't align very often. The two dates randomly align because the Jewish and Gregorian calendars don't align. Since 1900, the first day of Hanukkah has fallen on Christmas only four times: Hanukkah is a Jewish eight-day wintertime festival.
Hanukkah and Christmas make for a delightful mashup — so why not celebrate it all?
Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day this year. "Thank God," writes Zibby Owens, the editor of ...
When Christmas and Hanukkah Collide, Beware of Fire Hazards
Rarely do Christmas and Hanukkah start on the same day, a phenomenon colloquially known as Chrismukkah. For people in ...
For some interfaith families, a special holiday season as Hanukkah and Christmas overlap
For the first time in almost 20 years, this week the beginning of Hanukkah — the eight-day Jewish festival of lights — falls ...
Hanukkah’s arrival on Christmas Day renews ‘Chrismukkah’ deliberations for interfaith families
For interfaith families, the overlap presents a renewed opportunity to combine holiday traditions, or to create new ones, ...
Dangerously cold weather settles into Tri-State Area as Christmas and Hanukkah approach
Don't let the sunny skies fool you as dangerously cold weather settles into New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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When Christmas Lights Outshine Hanukkah's Glow, We Cook Together
When I became a mother, I decided I was in the memory-making business — moments to give my children they could look back on ...
Review: Hallmark's Jewish-themed 'Hanukkah on the Rocks' offers a cheery Christmas alternative
This latest salvo in the holiday-movie streaming wars is exactly what you expect it to be and there's nothing wrong with that ...
Dayhoff: Recalling cherished Christmas traditions, especially music and fruitcake
On Wednesday we celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah on the same day. The pageantry, art, decorations, traditions, and music of ...