Hanukkah chez nous; Christmas chez vous. Then one year, when we headed over to my dad’s to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, there was a new arrival: a Hanukah tee-pee!

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.

Why is a Christmukkah like this so rare? Christmas, which commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, is celebrated on the same day each year. Hanukkah recalls a Jewish revolt against Greek-Syrian ...

The first night of Hanukkah last fell on Christmas Day in 2005. Before that, the overlap occurred in 1959 and 1921. It will happen next in 2035 and then not until 2054.

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 days ...

When Sarah Levitin first visited her now-husband’s Catholic family for Christmas, she was not expecting to see a menorah in their home. It was 2016, and the first night of Hanukkah fell on ...

While Hanukkah and Christmas do often overlap, the last time the first night of Hanukkah landed on Christmas Day was 2005, 19 years ago. More recently, in 2016 , Hanukkah fell on Dec. 24 ...

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.

Christmas and Hanukkah Coincide This Year. Please Don't Call It 'Chrismukkah.' A rabbi who works on interfaith dialogue on why blending traditions may be well-meaning but only dilutes both holidays.

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

My wish has come true this year! This year’s Evenings Under the Stars concert at South Shore Conservatory (SSC) brings the ...