# Happy Chanukah Everyone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807 "2020-12-11T00:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/1 "2020-12-11T00:34:10Z")
Started this evening and goes until Friday December 18th. [![](https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/648/files/2017/12/Jewish-Menorah-for-Hannuka-walker-ministries.org_.jpg) ](https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/648/files/2017/12/Jewish-Menorah-for-Hannuka-walker-ministries.org_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/2 "2020-12-11T00:39:21Z")
And to you as well. Beautiful sentiment and image. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/3 "2020-12-11T00:52:00Z")
Oooo! I like those candles! (Mine are rather pedestrian blue and white, but that’s fine. I’m still use the menorah my parents used, it’s probably over 70 years old now.) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/4 "2020-12-11T01:10:07Z")
And many happy returns. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/5 "2020-12-11T01:52:25Z")
Happy Chanukah! My wife’s first latkes of the holiday we’re different this year - par-baked potatoes were shredded and then fried until crispy. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/6 "2020-12-11T01:55:10Z")
Happy Hanukkah! I wish I had a great big bag of doughnuts right now… 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/7 "2020-12-11T02:36:09Z")
A happy Hanukkah to all. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/8 "2020-12-11T22:49:10Z")
[![](https://images.shulcloud.com/946/_preview/5d5bd6495b1e8b470667352c5c38685315eb35b2.jpg) ](https://images.shulcloud.com/946/_preview/5d5bd6495b1e8b470667352c5c38685315eb35b2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/9 "2020-12-11T23:39:55Z")
So… we’re going to add a candle every night? Great idea! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/10 "2020-12-11T23:56:01Z")
Hanukkah Sameach! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/11 "2020-12-12T01:23:42Z")
I’ll take the donuts anytime!!! ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/12 "2020-12-12T01:58:13Z")
Chag sameach friends ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/13 "2020-12-12T04:10:12Z")
I saw a video clip yesterday of Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff [talking about Hanukkah](https://www.kveller.com/kamala-and-dougs-hanukkah-message-will-fill-your-heart-with-joy/). They were sitting together with a menorah and Doug asked the soon-to-be Veep what Hanukkah means to her. She said she loves the holiday because it really is about “bringing light to places where there have been darkness,” especially at a time where there is so much darkness in the world. The video was so relaxed and happy and loving. She’s not Jewish but it is a part of her family and life. Watching that I could picture her expressing such goodwill toward celebrations of all religions. Similarly, Biden seems to have genuine appreciation and respect of faiths other than his own. Ya, I know, they’re politicians and part of that is sucking up to everybody. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t genuinely concerned about folks other than themselves. It looks like window dressing but it _is_ actually possible to care about other people. I think many of us have forgotten that. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/14 "2020-12-12T05:13:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > So… we’re going to add a candle every night? Great idea! I hope so. It is bringing light to me and I sure need it. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/15 "2020-12-12T08:49:45Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > She said she loves the holiday because it really is about “bringing light to places where there have been darkness,” especially at a time where there is so much darkness in the world. The video was so relaxed and happy and loving. Thank you for sharing this. After so much darkness, we need the focus on light. Happy Chanukah ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/16 "2020-12-12T13:57:16Z")
I’m missing my kids right now. This is the first time we haven’t been able to celebrate Chanukah and Christmas with them. So I’m lighting the candles each night this way instead. When my daughter was away at college I remember sending a picture of the Menorah. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/17 "2020-12-13T00:40:54Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/6jzawTl.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/6jzawTl.jpeg) It was hard to find a day 3 image. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/18 "2020-12-13T00:43:49Z")
Ooo… those candles are SO PRETTY! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/19 "2020-12-13T01:08:20Z")
From my dining room 🙂 [![](https://i.imgur.com/2sp16ot.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/2sp16ot.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807/20 "2020-12-13T02:49:54Z")
Excellent, thank you for sharing. BTW: I feel like I should disclaimer, I am not Jewish, but my wife and therefore my kids are. I’m nothing really, I guess a recovering Roman Catholic agnostic. But we’ve done the Christmas Tree & Menorah every year. My Christmas tree this year is 24" tall and our Menorah is virtual only. This thread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807.md?page=2)