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!

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

where a collection of menorahs rests on a table and Star of David ornaments hang on the Christmas tree. “We’ll have Hanukkah decorations up all over the house, just as much as Christmas ...

Hanukkah and Christmas have made joint pop ... will create a vibrant mingling of latkes and rum cake, glittery ornaments and last-minute shopping. At a time when the world seems dark and dreary ...

Retrieving the ornaments collected over many years ... I became more dedicated to Jewish ritual observance. One winter when Christmas and Hanukkah overlapped, as it does this year, my extended ...

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

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 ...

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 ...