Hanukkah - Festival of Light

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, has a lot of traditions surrounding it. The two things I know is that the festivities last for eight days and Jews light a special candelabra with nine branches called a Menorah. 

Year 2017 will start on the evening of December 12 and ends on the evening of December 20th.

For Hanukkah traditions visit: https://www.bustle.com/articles/199447-5-hanukkah-traditions-explained

Food and Games visit:

 http://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/hanukkah-party-ideas-food-games-and-activities/

How to play the Dreidel: Visit::http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/how-to-play-dreidel/

Happy Hanukkah!

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Educator, Bilingual Author and Translator

Website:www.luzdelmes.com

Recipient of the Crystal Apple Award 2006, VCB Poetry Winner 2015, Author’s Talk Book Award 2016, The Latino Book Awards 2016 and Author’s Talk Book Show 2017.

Hanukkah AND Christmas in the same day since 1959.

This year Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, the evening of Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016 and ends on Jan. 1, 2017. This coincidence hasn’t happened since 1959.

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, has a lot of traditions surrounding it. The two things I know is that the festivities last for eight days and Jews light a special candelabra with nine branches called a Menorah. 

Christmas, is an annual celebration commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration.
There are different traditions around Christmas around the world, but the most common tradition is to give presents and celebrate with joy the birth of baby Jesus. 


Christmas around the world traditions. visit: http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

For Christmas FUN activities:
http://www.whychristmas.com/fun/

Customs around Christmas: 
http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/

For Hanukkah traditions visit:  https://www.bustle.com/articles/199447-5-hanukkah-traditions-explained

Food and Games for Hanukkah: http://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/hanukkah-party-ideas-food-games-and-activities/

How to play the Dreidel: Visit::http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/how-to-play-dreidel/

Happy Hanukkah!

AND

Merry Christmas!

Este año Hanukkah cae el día de Navidad, la noche del sábado, 24 de diciembre de 2016 y termina el primero de enero del 2017. Esta coincidencia no ha sucedido desde 1959.  

 ¡Celebremos nuestras tradiciones con amor!

Feliz Navidad y Luminosa Januca

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