Some years, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah occurs closer to Thanksgiving time, with the eight-day holiday taking place in November or even early December. But in 2024, the festival of lights ...

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, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day. This has only happened four times since 1900 as the Jewish calender differs from the civil Gregorian calender.

For Jewish families, embracing holiday lights doesn’t have to mean celebrating Christmas. It can be a way of enhancing our own traditions with a universal symbol of hope and illumination.

The first night of Hannukah will not land on Christmas Day again until 2035 and then again in 2054. In 2016 and 1978, the first night of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Eve.That will happen again in 2027.

Jewish holiday to overlap with Christmas this year The first day of Hanukkah, or Chanukah, each year takes place on the 25th of the month of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, which corresponds to ...

Because the start of Hanukkah is tied to the Hebrew calendar, the dates change from year to year and the holiday can happen between late November and late December. Christmas Day is always Dec. 25.

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.

To Jewish people, however, Hanukkah isn't actually all that religious of a holiday –though because of its proximity to Christmas, it's often assumed the most important Jewish holiday. It's not.

The countdown to Hanukkah has begun, and this year the annual Jewish celebration coincides with Christmas, a popular Christian holiday. Hanukkah, also known as the Jewish Festival of Lights ...

The holiday begins on the 25th day of Kislev each year, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. When does Hanukkah end? Hanukkah ends after sundown on Thursday, Jan 2.