I think it snuck up on everyone. I hate having Thanksgiving so close to December.

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Happy Chanukah to all! It is very early this year. Our kids are old enough to be past the 8 days of presents, but we are scrambling to get in 2 or three. We were so focused on hosting family for TG that Chanukah was here before we realized it. I did manage latkes for dinner last night.

Hanukah did get swallowed by Thanksgiving this year. Such a bummer. :-( I am just getting through the leftovers from last week and recovering from all that cooking! Time to heat up the oil...

Hag Sameach!

We put off our celebration every year till the family arrives from points west. This year our party will be Jan. 1st. I'll be making latkes on New Years Eve!!

Our big celebration will be Sunday. I think it's because it's early this year, though I haven't heard Adam Sandler's Chanukah song on the radio at all yet. Could be because I've been listening to Sirius/XM radio in my car this year.

I did hear Neil Diamond (I think) sing it today though while out!

Thank you, KD.

I did forget it was Chanukah until I saw an ad from our local market advertising latkes in their deli section.

Happy Hanukah!

Click the link for the song, "Candlelight!" Best new Hanukah song since Adam Sandler.

Here is a link that might be useful: Candlelight

Sad to say I never paid any attention to "other" Holidays in our heavily Scandinavian/Lutheran area of ND when I grew up.
Guess I just have to plead "un-informed ignorance" for much of my youth! There just weren't any Jewish-faith people in our area.
So, at least 'til I started college in Fargo in the Fall of '79, I was around so few Jewish-faith people.

What I learned about other religions I mostly had to learn myself, or thru documentaries, etc.

Faron

I too got caught this year!!!! My youngest woke up Wednesday morning and asked where the decorations were.... I still had the pumpkins and pilgrims on the dining room table!!! Needless to say, it was a VERY busy day, lol.

Faron, my family has members of many faiths and ancestries. I don't always have get every holiday covered as well as I'd like, but I'm working on it. Fortunately, we give brownie points for effort.

Thanks for all the Hanukkah greetings, and many returns from our house.

Maddielee, that was a good song; I like Hanukkah songs that are peppy.

I was not exactly taken by surprise - checking the calendar I thought Hmmm, that's pretty early, and actually began the holiday one day early. So we had the Second Candle night twice in a row.

Maddie--isn't that a FANTASTIC song and video? I heard it for the first time Friday night and just couldn't get the beat out of my head. I still love the Sandler pieces, part 1 and part 2, and there's a very cool version of the dreidel song by a group, now disbanded I believe, called Another Man Down. iTunes might have it (search for 'the dreydle song') -- check it out!

Happy Chanukah!

tina