Sunday, December 21, 2008

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah!

Hey wait. Is that a Menorah in front of a Christmas tree? What the.....?

I was raised in a mixed-religion home (Jewish Dad, Catholic Mom) and although I am Catholic, we celebrate holidays for both sides. On Christmas Day at my parents' house, it's really interesting to have my great-aunt who is a nun say grace and then have my Dad proceed to light the menorah. I actually love to embrace this diversity and hope to keep some of that alive for my children. This year my daughter learned a lot about Hanukkah at school and was interested in lighting our own menorah. My Hebrew really stinks, but tonight for her sake I muddled through the prayers my father taught me.

Today was an extra fun day because my daughter had a pal over and we spent the afternoon making cookies - Christmas cookies and Hanukkah cookies.

Cookies For Blog

To my Jewish family and friends, I wish you a very Happy Hanukkah!

1 comment:

Julie said...

What a gorgeous picture of the menorah in front of the Christmas tree. My kids were telling me they wished we celebrated Hanukkah too.