When is Christmas? Christmas is annually on Dec. 25. This year, Christmas is Wednesday, Dec. 25. When is Hanukkah . Hanukkah begins on the eve of Kislev 25 and continues for eight days.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christmas and Hanukkah sharing a date is a rare occurrence . Since 1910, only four times have Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah been celebrated on the same day.

Next week, they’ll open Christmas presents in the morning and follow their first night of Hanukkah ritual: General Tso’s chicken, fried rice and lo mein with Hanukkah candles.

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.

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.

Happy Sunday and to those celebrating this week: Merry Christmas! Or, Happy Hanukkah! This year is unusual in that for only the fifth time in the last 100-plus years, the first night of Hanukkah ...

Rabbi Ralph Kingsley and Rev. Priscilla Whitehead write that this Dec. 25, the date of both Christmas and (this year) the first day of Hanukkah, is a time for reflection on what is possible when pe… ...