Attention all Jews!

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Attention all Jews!

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Hanukkah's coming! Aren't you buggys excited?!?!?!?! My family has a tradition. My mom gives me the smallest present posible on the 1st night. Each night, the presents gets bigger and bigger. Then, on the 8th night, I get the biggest present ever! I love that tradition! Hee-hee!

-Elena B.

submitted by Elena B., age 8 , D.C.
(December 12, 2008 - 10:24 pm)

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I know this kid that celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah (his dad's Jewish, and his mom's  Christian), so he gets twice the presents! 

submitted by Willa C., age 12 5/4, Here at home
(December 13, 2008 - 7:00 pm)

Hey!  You posted that on my b-day, Willa!!!!!!  Anyway, my dad grew up Catholic, and my mom has a Jewish background, so I also celebrate both!!!  I use to get one small present for Hanukkah, and a ton for Christmas, but then I stopped getting them for Hanukkah until this year, when my mom decided to give me one of my presents early!!!!  She's never given me eight presents before (you know, one for each day), but then this year she accidentally gave me one on all but the last!!!!  She always hides my presents too well, and then sometimes she finds them in July or something.  It's really fun when she does that though, because then I get a nice surprise!!!!

Laughing 

submitted by Laura M., age 15-ish, Santa Rosa, CA
(December 29, 2008 - 8:16 pm)

Cool!  I like that tradition!  Bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and BIG!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D I wish Christmas lasted eight days!  As I said before, I'm not Jewish, but my aunt is, and my cousin sort of a mix of a Jew and a Christian.  I hope you have the best Hanukkah ever!!!

submitted by Paige P., age 12, Gorham, Maine
(December 15, 2008 - 4:29 pm)

Actually, Christmas is a whole season! Most people just get all the presents on Christmas day, but I have a friend who gets one on each of the 12 days of Christmas.

submitted by Grace, age 13, SC
(December 25, 2008 - 12:00 pm)

I also celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah. My dad's Jewish, and my mom's Lutheran, so we practice a bit of both. Contrary to what all my friends think, though, my sister and I DON'T get twice the presents just because we celebrate both holidays. Most people I know who celebrate Christmas get Christmas gifts from both sides of their family. But my dad's side of the family gives me their gifts for Hanukkah, and mom's side gives me their gifts for Christmas. So I really don't get anymore presents just because I celebrate both holidays.

submitted by Allison P., age 12, FL
(December 16, 2008 - 8:04 pm)

Oooooooooooooooo! Hello, Elena! It's me Sarah! Yes, I am totally excited for Hanukkah! I mean, it's the day after my birthday! I wished we could have that sleep-over we were talking about. That would have been awesome! To bad we can't. Ugh. Gtg. Bye!

submitted by Sarah P., age Now 9!, M.D.
(December 20, 2008 - 5:25 pm)

Hey, so when did Hanukkah start? 

submitted by Maggie S., age 12, St. Paul, MN
(December 28, 2008 - 4:45 pm)

December 21st I think.

submitted by Elena B., age 8, D.C.
(January 1, 2009 - 1:17 pm)