Holiday lights may have religious roots, but today they also bring joy to people of all backgrounds, author Eli Federman ...

Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005.

This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two ...

Hanukkah is a Jewish eight-day wintertime festival ... and waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. Christmas Day has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870.

Hanukkah is a relatively minor Jewish holiday commemorating the recapture and rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BC. Christians consider Christmas, which celebrates ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Although Hanukkah is a minor Jewish holiday and shouldn't be mistaken for Judaism's version of Christmas, the events share some parallel themes ...

A steady stream of museum visitors counted down to the first night of Hanukkah, take part in community service activities and ...

The Jewish celebration of the Festival of Lights ... some have also acknowledged the commercialization of the fake holiday. Have Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah coincided before?

Hanukkah is perceived as a marquee Jewish holiday in the U.S. due to its proximity to Christmas. But in fact, Hanukkah is not as important as the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and ...

The last time Hanukkah began on Christmas Day was in 2005 ... on the TV drama "The O.C." embraced the fusion holiday as a tribute to his Jewish father and Protestant mother.