Some years, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah occurs closer to Thanksgiving time, with the eight-day holiday taking place in ...

Significance of Christmas and Hanukkah falling on the same day 05:24. This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005.

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day. This has only happened four times since 1900 as the Jewish calender differs from the civil Gregorian calender.

The first night of Hannukah will not land on Christmas Day again until 2035 and then again in 2054. In 2016 and 1978, the first night of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Eve.That will happen again in 2027.

For Jewish families, embracing holiday lights doesn’t have to mean celebrating Christmas. It can be a way of enhancing our own traditions with a universal symbol of hope and illumination.

Interestingly enough, the Jewish holiday Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day this year, which is a rare occurrence. So, when does Hanukkah? fall this year? Here's what to know.

In "A Portrait of Jewish Americans," a 2013 survey of 3,475 Jews from Pew Research Center -- the same that provided the data on Christmas trees -- 44 percent of all married Jewish respondents said ...

To Jewish people, however, Hanukkah isn't actually all that religious of a holiday –though because of its proximity to Christmas, it's often assumed the most important Jewish holiday. It's not.

It’s the holiday equivalent of found money. And since you will likely be around only other Jews, you can do things like compare Jewish Christmas to “found money.” ...

Christmas and Hanukkah rarely fall on the same date, but this year they do. One mixed-faith family in Oakland, Calif., doubles down for double whammy holiday.

Jewish families haven't always given presents on Hanukkah — it dates only to the 1880s. Arthur Levine's kids' book The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol imagines a fanciful origin for the tradition.