# What in the world possessed Obama to do this? \[Early Hannukah\]

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-possessed-obama-to-do-this-early-hannukah/605581 "2011-12-09T02:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-possessed-obama-to-do-this-early-hannukah/605581/51 "2011-12-10T15:15:26Z")

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Why is he celebrating Hannukah in the first place? Why are Jews expecting a Christian to join in their celebration?

I’m surprised the anti-multi-culturalists haven’t used this as an example of PC-ness run amok.

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