Happy Hanukkah

Blue text on an outer white edge with gold and white illustrations of a dreidel, coins, star and menorah on a blue background

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish winter celebration. Each night, celebrants light a candle a special nine-branch candelabrum called a menorah: one candle is lit for each night of Hanukkah. The center, ninth candle, is called the shamash (or, helper) which is used to light the other candles. 

The holiday, which falls around the same time as Christmas and Kwanzaa, involves gift-giving and has many traditional foods, games, and activities.