My old ornaments were resurrected as I carefully placed them on prickly, forest-smelling branches, hoping the ornament’s weight wouldn’t pull it down onto the needle-strewn floor. Family traditions: ...

Why was Hanukkah assigned blue? Take a deeper dive into the history of the color, plus the commercial effect of the holiday ...

(JTA) — When Sarah Levitin first visited her now-husband’s Catholic family for Christmas ... white and silver ornaments and a Ukrainian topper. “That, in and of itself, is a blend ...

But when these holidays are blended together through actions like decorating a Christmas tree with Hanukkah ornaments, the core aspects of each holiday are negated or even lost. Such practices ...

Many multifaith families across Northeast Pennsylvania celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas ... I had enough ornaments to decorate the whole tree … all of them have meaning to me,” she ...

Christmas and Hanukkah are holidays with their own meanings ... And, of course, the Christmas tree with its ornaments and fresh pine smell — some prefer the artificial variety — packed with ...

The Christmas-Hanukkah blend, often called “Chrismukkah ... children decorated holiday cookies and made ornaments. While the kids were at work, their parents chatted nearby while snacking ...

My old ornaments were resurrected as I carefully ... Then one year, when we headed over to my dad’s to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, there was a new arrival: a Hanukah tee-pee!

When Sarah Levitin first visited her now-husband’s Catholic family for Christmas, she was not expecting ... white and silver ornaments and a Ukrainian topper. “That, in and of itself, is ...