Now that’s cool indeed! So is the moose menorah.
And here in Scandiwegia, you can buy candles known as “Christmas tree candles”, which no one but a few hard-core (and mildly insane) traditionalists put on an actual Christmas tree any more. They are still sold because some candle holders, particularly ones meant as (surprise!) Christmas decorations, require that special size, bigger than a birthday candle but smaller than a standard-issue taper candle. But from the big pagan Germanic evergreen-worshiping symbol they came, and therefore they shall forever bear the name of the big pagan Germanic evergreen-worshiping symbol.
Yeah, I know a bit of math.
On the nth day you receive the nth triangle number of presents. Two consecutive triangle numbers sum to a square, e.g. 1 + 3 = 4.
On the first and second day together you therefore receive 2[sup]2[/sup] presents, on the third and fourth you receive 4[sup]2[/sup] presents, and so on.
You therefore receive the sum of the first six even squares.
You therefore receive 4 x the sum of the first six squares. (summing (2n)[sup]2[/sup] is the same as summing 4n[sup]2[/sup] which is the same as taking 4 x the sum of n[sup]2[/sup])
This is therefore 4 x n/6(n+1)(2n+1) with n = 6. (sum of squares formula is well-known and quotable)
That’s 4(n+1)(2n+1) with n = 6, or 4 x 7 x 13 = 364.
If you want to bring non-latin scripts into it, then I shall adjust “I hold to the idea that it isn’t me whose sayin’ it wrong, it’s the world that’s transcribing it wrong.”
Not in the song, there are 364 gifts given. Each day a new gift is added to the previous. So, on day two you’ll have 2 partridges, and and 2 turtle doves. On day three you’ll again receive another partridge, and 2 more turtle doves, plus 3 french hens. By the end of the song, you have accumulated 364 gifts.
(It was a question on our trivia night.)
“The perfect number of baubles on a Cristmas tree is 0.206 multiplied by the height of the tree in centimetres.”
Since Judaism is an ethnicity *and *a culture *and *a religion, you have no way of knowing that the OP worships a magical sky daddy. Plenty of atheist Jews observe Hanukah.
Judaism for many Jews is just about having fun and enjoying ancient traditions. It has as much in common with worshipping a magical sky daddy as Thanksgiving does. In my house Hannakah is just an excuse to eat fried potatoes, light pretty candles, sing Hebrew songs and watch my kids enjoy getting presents.
This can apply to many Christians also. And to some degree probably every other religious group as well.
Bad hanukkah kitsch gifts. A Star of David toaster? I’m sure everybody wants a Hanukkah menorah rubber ducky? 
Wacky stuff.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/06/the-belief-blogs-hanukkah-kitsch-gift-list/?hpt=hp_c2
I would so call it Hamukkah then.
I generally think of it as a celebration of the underdog overthrowing an invading imperialist power.
Gesundheit
That can’t be right-- The surface area of a tree (assuming a given cone opening angle) scales with the height squared, so that formula would give a lower ornament density for larger trees. Besides which, for a living-room-sized tree, that wouldn’t be nearly enough to fit all of the family keepsake ornaments.
I wish I could. I just saw one this week at Walgreens. It was hideous and made of white plastic. They were asking $35 for it.
I also think of it as the time of year when my husband attempts to make homemade donuts.
That would be a good day.
So who else is going to work on Christmas?
The 45th candle is for Elijah.
Jews make up about 2% of the US population. Why do you presume everyone knows the details of your cultural/religious practice or paraphernalia?