Chanukah

’Twas the first night of Chanukah
and all through the home
all was a hurry and scurry
and I’m not alone.

Beginning at sunset,
eight special nights
And the house, of course,
is always a fright.

Christmas is really
just one night and day
But oh, we Jews —
we do have our way.

Even the spelling
can make you quite crazy
The “C” or an “H”
the beginning of hazy.

Nothing is easy:
we make everything hard.
But at least there’s a week
for sending a card.

The meals, not so fancy
but still loved by all.
The tasty servings
are never small.

There’s shopping and chopping,
and, of course, the frying.
It’s a lot of hard work,
I’m really not lying.

While some “kops”*
are “fadreying”**
Children with dreidels
are playing.

Although both in December
Chanukah’s not big.
It’s that other holiday
that made it a gig.

Our thing is the lighting
of the festive menorah 
with family all gathered,
and dancing the hora.

Saying the prayers
and singing a song
hoping the family
will all get along.

That is my wish
for the whole world too
And so I’m saying
to all of you:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HEALTH, PEACE & PROSPERITY IN 2026!

*heads
**being overwhelmed

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Read more by Ada Mark Strausberg.