# Am I the only person who hates "The Hannukah Song?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118 "2010-12-22T20:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/1 "2010-12-22T20:32:23Z")
I am not a big Adam Sandler fan, in general. But I absolutely DESPISE hearing that stupid “Hannukah Song.” I just want to fucking die when I hear it. Anyone else? I have a feeling that I’m deep in the minority… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/2 "2010-12-22T20:39:01Z")
I’m the first “I Love It!” response… but in moderation. It’s on my iTunes and gets a play once, maybe twice a year. I still enjoy and have yet to grow tired of that annual listen. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/3 "2010-12-22T20:57:56Z")
It’s obnoxious, unfunny, and goes on too long. In other words, it’s something done by Adam Sandler. On the other hand, there aren’t that many Hannukah songs out there. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/4 "2010-12-22T21:13:23Z")
I prefer the Stuart/Colbert Hannukah song. If it’s the Adam Sandler one I’m thinking about, it got a couple of chuckles out of me the first time I heard it. I wouldn’t want to hear it often. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/5 "2010-12-22T21:23:56Z")
Once a year is good. I’m not a Sandler fan, but it gives me a smile. As long as it’s once a year. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/6 "2010-12-22T21:24:46Z")
Hannukah 2010 is over already, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/7 "2010-12-22T21:28:35Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > It’s obnoxious, unfunny, and goes on too long. In other words, it’s something done by Adam Sandler. On the other hand, there aren’t that many Hannukah songs out there. Here is a fabulous Hannukah song. (“Courtney Cox I love you!”) > **[Hanukkah - South Park | South Park Studios US](https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/kp9g4i/south-park-hanukkah)** > > Kyle tries to teach everyone about Hanukkah. I love Sandlers song. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/8 "2010-12-22T21:35:20Z")
I hate Adam Sandler, especially when he tries to sing. (His “Opera Man” routine would make me instantly switch off “Weekend Update”). But I do like his Hannukah Song. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/9 "2010-12-22T21:46:07Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > On the other hand, there aren’t that many Hannukah songs out there. Not many in English, that is. Plenty of them in Hebrew. Incidentally, [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeqso4CX2f4&feature=related)is my favorite non-Hebrew Hanukkah song - written by a gentile, more’s the pity. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/10 "2010-12-22T22:43:24Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Hannukah 2010 is over already, isn’t it? Yeah, but they showed it on the Christmas special last night. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/11 "2010-12-22T22:49:17Z")
I’ve never understood Adam Sandler’s popularity, and the Hanukkah song is just one more mystery to me. I smiled a little the first time I heard it, and that’s the best reaction it’s ever got from me. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/12 "2010-12-22T23:43:57Z")
Which one? Didn’t he do like 3 of them? They were all basically the same (lists of Jewish celebrities, just updated every few years). I found them moderately amusing the first 2 or 3 times I heard them, but they got old really really fast. I admit I still smile at “OJ Simpson…not a Jew!” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/13 "2010-12-23T00:45:49Z")
It was cute to hear once. I seriously hate that it’s now part of the regular winter music rotation. It’s pretty pathetic to have nothing better to say about Hanukkah than a list of Jewish (or half-Jewish, or quarter-Jewish) celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/14 "2010-12-23T00:51:52Z")
[This is my new favorite Hannukah song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJCSR4MuhU) (“Candlelight” by the Maccabeats.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/15 "2010-12-23T01:16:43Z")
Aarrgh! MsWhatsit, I came in to post that! :mad: ETA: though, I get bonus points for adding that the video you mention was inspired by this video, which is also great IMHO (and that I found out about from a recent posting at the SDMB) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qjCLQaTFXx0/maxresdefault.jpg "Dynamite - Taio Cruz - A Cappella Cover - Just Voice and Mouth - Mike Tompkins") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCLQaTFXx0) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/16 "2010-12-23T01:17:49Z")
I am sneaky like ninja. ---
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/17 "2010-12-23T01:25:29Z")
Funny songs are meant to be heard once, maybe twice. Nobody wants to hear the same jokes over and over. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/18 "2010-12-23T04:03:05Z")
It was funny the first time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/19 "2010-12-23T06:10:01Z")
You see, they don’t get old for me, because I forget about them by the time I hear it again. I listen to it maybe once or twice a year, and I cycle which one I listen to. But my favorite Hanukkah song is the Dreidel Song. I know it doesn’t really mention Hanukkah, but a lot of Christmas songs don’t really mention Christmas, either. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118/20 "2010-12-24T03:39:57Z")
I voted “hate”, but actually I just dislike it. It’s boring and unimaginative. A much better song is “(I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica” by Tom Lehrer. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSCmZU0eFJg&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSCmZU0eFJg&feature=related) > [@Alessan](#): > > Incidentally, [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeqso4CX2f4&feature=related)is my favorite non-Hebrew Hanukkah song - written by a gentile, more’s the pity. There’s other good stuff in that oratorio. “Sound an alarm!” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCom7xVFs88&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCom7xVFs88&feature=related) And it ends with its own Hallelujah Chorus (okay, actually “Hallelujah, amen!”) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmXOb0TzlX8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmXOb0TzlX8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-hates-the-hannukah-song/565118.md?page=2)