# Chanukah Chutzpah **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986 "2014-12-23T03:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/1 "2014-12-23T03:42:14Z")
Jesus is not the answer to everything. Especially when the question is why we celebrate Chanukah. At a menorah lighting. As an invited speaker. Bud Williams: [“Jesus is the reason for the season.”](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/springfield_city_councilor_bud_7.html#incart_m-rpt-1) ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/2 "2014-12-23T06:31:07Z")
Anyone who uses the phrase “the reason for the season” outside of a conversation about axial tilt is pretty much a moron, but this guy gets extra negative points for picking a heck of a time and place to drop that one. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/3 "2014-12-23T07:22:24Z")
Is this the same guy who said “Molotov”? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/4 "2014-12-23T14:12:39Z")
The celebration of channukah fell out of favor during the period of Roman rule of Judea, around the time of Jesus. There were too many rabble rousers and messianic kookballs, and too much civil unrest, to be celebrating a holiday involving an anti-secular insurgency. In other words, Jesus was the reason for the absence of the season. LOL. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/5 "2014-12-23T14:37:51Z")
Wake up sheeples! This is more evidence of the war on Hannukah. The lamestream liberal Jewish media is at it again… oh wait… nm ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/6 "2014-12-25T00:31:01Z")
Eh! A refund they should be entitled! At \*least \*a deep discount on next years fee. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/7 "2014-12-25T00:50:40Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Jesus is not the answer to everything. Especially when the question is why we celebrate Chanukah. At a menorah lighting. As an invited speaker. > > Bud Williams: [“Jesus is the reason for the season.”](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/springfield_city_councilor_bud_7.html#incart_m-rpt-1) _ **freeze Frame Close-Up of the guy who hired him** _ Caption: “_No!!!_ I said [Bud Light](http://static.grindtv.com/images/1/00/14/05/91/140591.jpg)!” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/8 "2014-12-25T01:31:00Z")
FWIW, when I was a teenager I found myself at a [Moravian Lovefeast](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovefeast) on Christmas Eve at Elon College. The pastor spent most of the liturgy telling teh story of Chanukah and lighting a menorah. It was very weird. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chanukah-chutzpah/707986/9 "2014-12-25T03:33:34Z")
Jesus (so to speak), what a moron.