Ed Notes Online: Christmas & Chanukah/ Letter to Santa

Ed Notes Online: Christmas & Chanukah/ Letter to Santa:

Christmas & Chanukah/ Letter to Santa

from Ed Notes Online by ed notes online

An oldie, but appropriate to the season.


Just in case anyone asks you what the difference is between Christmas and Chanukah, you will know what and how to answer.

1. Christmas is one day, same day every year, December 25. Jews also love December 25th. It's another paid day off work. We go to the movies and out for Chinese food and Israeli dancing. Chanukah is 8 days. It starts the evening of the 24th of Kislev, whenever that falls. No one is ever sure. Jews never know until a non-Jewish friend asks when Chanukah starts, forcing us to consult a calendar so we don't look like idiots. We all have the same calendar, provided free with a donation from the World Jewish Congress, the kosher butcher or the local Sinai Memorial Chapel (especially in Florida ) or other Jewish funeral homes.

2. Christmas is a major holiday. Chanukah is a minor holiday with the same theme as most Jewish holidays.