Every December, in greetings, commercials and ordinary conversations across the United States, Hanukkah and Christmas get blended together as “the holidays.” It’s a well-meaning attempt to ...

Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar and the lunar-based Hebrew calendar. This rare alignment occurs because the ...

Christmas and Hanukkah share a date this year. An important connection between them is that they are both celebrations of light over darkness.

Those who celebrate both Hanukkah ... both Hanukkah and Christmas. And this year, these celebrations even can occur on the same day. “If our calendar can model coming back together, that ...

There are many different annual celebrations around the world that are specific to certain cultures. Whilst the likes of Hanukkah and Christmas may be more widely known and celeb ...

The Christmas and first night of Hanukkah holidays crossed paths on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 20 years.

There were some ground rules though: No Christmas tree in the window, and Hanukkah candles would be lit by hand. The siblings and their families plan to celebrate together this year by opening ...

Sometimes called Christmukkah, Dec. 25 marks the day when the first day of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. The day has been called a lighthearted holiday to bring groups together.

“The majority of my Jewish family would come over, and we’d all celebrate Christmas Eve together, and we’d celebrate Hanukkah at ... holidays on their family greeting card, which was a ...

It’s extremely rare for Christmas and Hanukkah to fall on the same day ... “He” is showing us the right road to take, and together we can make it happen. Two issues create difficulties ...

The last time Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah occurred together was in 2005. Before that it occurred in 1959 and 1921. When is the next time the first day of Hanukkah falls on Christmas?