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This year’s Hannukah begins on the evening before December 2nd. While many people think that Hannukah is the same as Christmas, it is in fact commemorating an altogether different moment in history. In 164BC the Macabees were victorious over the Greeks, and the holiday is taken to commemorate this event.At this time, the temple was rededicated, and God miraculously made a single day’s worth of oil burn for eight whole days.

Because of this, the theme of light is important and the festival is often referred to as the ‘festival of lights’ or ‘feast of lights’.This is celebrated by the lighting of special Hanukkah candles, which are held in a chanukkiah - a nine-candled candelabra. One new candle is lit on each night of the festival.

In addition, fried food is often eaten - a reference to the oil that burned in the temple. One such delicacy is ‘Latke’ – a pancake made from potatoes which will be served with an apple sauce.

As a nod to the other big festival at this time of year – Christmas – it’s now becoming more and more popular to give gifts. Having said that, normally gifts are only exchanged between family members or very close friends.

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