It is finally here. All three Holidays – MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, JOYOUS KWANZAA-fall during the same time this year. So, whatever you celebrate, I want to wish you a :
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, AND A JOYOUS KWANZAA!YES, ALL MY LIFE, I’VE CELEBRATED BOTH! CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH !
SANTA CLAUS HOLDING THE MENORAH, WHY NOT?
I think I decorate more than my Christian Friends. THAT IS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!
I feel, with four children, and 5 grandchildren, that I have become Santa Claus!!!!!!
HANUKKAH IS THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. IT CELEBRATES WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE SAVED THEIR SACRED TEMPLE, DURING A WAR, BECAUSE THE OIL WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE TEMPLE LIT FOR 8 DAYSHANUKKAH IS JUST O.K., IN FACT, HANUKKAH ISN’T A MAJOR JEWISH HOLIDAY. ON THE OTHER HAND, CHRISTMAS IS MAJOR!!!! FOR EXAMPLE,WE USED TO GET VERY PRACTICAL, LITTLE GIFTS, OR SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON HANUKKAH, EACH NIGHT. AND, OF COURSE ,WE GOT TO SPIN THE DREIDEL, AND EAT JELLY DONUTS, AND POTATO LATKAS. AND, FOR EIGHT NIGHTS, WE LIT THE CANDLES ON THE MENORAH.
WHEN I GOT MARRIED, I INSISTED THAT WE GET A CHRISTMAS TREE. AND, SO MY TRADITION BEGAN….. NOW MY CHILDREN ARE HAVING THEIR CHILDREN, AND I AM KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE-NOW THEY SPIN THEIR DREIDELS IN FRONT OF THE CHRISTMAS TREEMY FAMILY AND I CELEBRATE BOTH HOLIDAYS, AND EVIDENTLY, IT HAS A NAME, WHEN YOU CELEBRATE BOTH CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAHMERRY CHRISMUKKAH!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, AND HAVE A JOYOUS KWANZAA! ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. KKEEP YOUR TRADITIONS, AND MAKE NEW TRADITIONS!
HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! TO YOU AND YOURS FROM POTPOURRI OF WHATEVER, AND ME!
Sookie and Sylvie reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We created our mother and daughter in law partnership because we MUDDLE THROUGH really well together (highly unusual for a mother-dogter relationship), we share many interests and love the same things. read more
