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Growing up Jewish in Israel, Hanukkah was a holiday celebrated by all for eight days.\u00a0 Every\u00a0night, we would\u00a0light one new candle on\u00a0the Hanukiah (candelabrum) and afterwards\u00a0gather around with family and sing Hanukkah songs ( mostly off-beat and off-key with the exception of my mom).\u00a0 On one or two\u00a0nights during the holiday, a special dinner will be held\u00a0where we would eat traditional Hanukkah food like latkes with apple sauce or sour cream and anything else that is fried or baked in oil. Of course, everyone’s favourite is\u00a0sufganiyot, a jelly filled donut without a hole in the centre. We’d also receive chocolate gelt (coins) and our grandparents would give us money as gifts.\u00a0 I always enjoyed celebrating this holiday and while mundane, it was fun nonetheless.\u00a0 I never thought much about the holiday until I came to Canada.<\/div>\n
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Enter Christmas!! Hanukkah might be known as the festival of lights, but Christmas still outdoes it. I mean, I’m practically blinded every night by my neighbours’ beautifully decorated houses and Christmas tree.\u00a0 The lights on my Hanukiah fail in comparison. We may celebrate Hanukkah for several days\u00a0but the amount of gifts kids receive in one day totally outdoes our eight days of celebrating.\u00a0 Oh, you received Barbie, a Barbie car, a full Barbie kitchen, and a Barbie dream house? That’s cool…, I got $20 from my grandparents.<\/div>\n
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My kids however, get the best of both worlds.\u00a0 In fact, they get in excess of the best of both worlds.\u00a0 You see, I married a non-Jew.\u00a0 While we decided to raise our kids Jewish, we still celebrate certain aspects of Christmas (mainly enjoying a big turkey family dinner and exchanging gifts).\u00a0 However, having grown up in the “shadows” of Christmas, I always feel like I have to make a bigger deal of Hanukkah. I got my son his very own kid Hanukiah so he would love lighting the candles.\u00a0 I get\u00a0my son to help me make the latkes and the Sufganiyot so it’s more meaningful to him.\u00a0 I let him eat a “donut” every night during Hanukkah because,\u00a0you know, the guilt thing.\u00a0 I buy tons of Hanukkah books and we start reading them months in advance of the holiday.\u00a0 As soon as Halloween ends, the driedels (spinning tops) come out and child-friendly “betting” games ensue. And instead of money, I give my kids gifts, and tons of them.\u00a0 Like one every night (and sometimes more).<\/div>\n
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Am I going overboard? Definitely.\u00a0 But I’m doing it in the name of fun and ensuring that he grows up to love Hanukkah as much as Christmas instead of growing up envying it like I (slightly) did. I’m so happy that he’s just as excited to celebrate Hanukkah as he is Christmas.\u00a0 He’s already asked me to put up the Hanukkah decorations (which we did a month ago) and he’s asking me for gifts for Hanukkah and not just for Christmas.\u00a0 As for me, my Christmas envy has diminished and now I just enjoy celebrating the HOLIDAYS with my loved ones and I’m lucky to do it for 8 + 1 nights!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growing up Jewish in Israel, Hanukkah was a holiday celebrated by all for eight days.\u00a0 Every\u00a0night, we would\u00a0light one new candle on\u00a0the Hanukiah (candelabrum) and afterwards\u00a0gather around with family and sing Hanukkah songs ( mostly off-beat and off-key with the exception of my mom).\u00a0 On one or two\u00a0nights during the holiday, a special dinner will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Do you celebrate Hanukkah? 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