Rare Calendar Occurrence Sees Christmas and Hanukkah Celebrations Merge Across the Nation
Christmas and Hanukkah coincided in 2023, an event not seen since 2005, inspiring joint celebrations of both holidays.
Hanukkah started on Christmas Day in 2024 in rare occurrence
This year, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with Christmas coming on the Dec. 25th of the Gregorian calendar, and Hanukkah starting on the 25th day of the month of Kislev in the Jewish calendar.
Richmonders celebrate start of Hanukkah
For those unfamiliar with Jewish holidays and traditions, CEO Daniel Staffenberg of Jewish Community Federation of Richmond offered this quick summary.
In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day this year
Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays provides an auspicious occasion for interfaith engagement.
Holiday celebrations taking place on Christmas Day and first night of Hanukah
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the British royal family gave us an abundance of holiday cards (Meghan Markle's was particularly noteworthy), a caroling concert hosted by Kate Middleton and the reveal of the hardest working royal of 2024.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! This year marks a rare holiday overlap
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, marking a rare confluence of Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur on separate calendars. Many regions of the country are home to a variety of faith groups,
Merry Chrismukkah: Interfaith families remix traditions for rare Christmas, Hanukkah alignment
The first night of Hanukkah this year begins Dec. 25, coinciding with Christmas Day for the first time since 2005. It’s the fifth time the two days have lined up since 1910.
Interfaith family celebrates both Christmas, first night of Hanukkah
Wednesday is Christmas, but for the first time since 2005, it's also the first night of Hanukkah, making it a special day for interfaith families who celebrate both holidays.
Celebrating Christmas Day and first night of Hanukkah
While some Long Islanders spent Wednesday in church celebrating Christmas Day, others prepared for the first night of Hanukkah. It's the first time the two have coincided since 2005. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.
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Celebrating Hanukkah in Waterloo region and Guelph
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