Hanukkah will begin on the evening of Christmas Day (Dec. 25) and end next year on Jan. 2, 2025. The last time the first night of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Day was in 2005, according to Hebcal.

ST. LOUIS – Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth time since 1900. Hanukkah, also called the Festival of ...

In 2024 Hanukkah begins on the evening of Wednesday 25 December. However, miraculously the lamp stayed alight for eight days! That is why Jews light a candle every day of Hanukkah. Have a look at ...

the Emancipation Proclamation and Ezra Jack Keats’ children’s book classic “A Snowy Day.” But this year’s Hanukkah stamp is the first that honors an important piece of his own heritage.

“These descendants of the Jews most probably celebrated Hanukkah without knowing what it was in the privacy of their homes,” he said. “In 1854, Pope Pius marked the 8th of December as the ...