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Please click Christmas and Chanukah/Hanukkah fall on the same date this year (December 25, 2024)

Merry Chrismukkah to you all!

This year on December 25, 2024, Christ’s Mass (Christmas) is on December 25th same time Chanukah/Hanukkah also is on December 25th Hanukkah always is on Jewish Calendar 25 of Kislev (November/December).

In 2024, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 and lasts until sundown on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025.

Yes, we all read the book of Maccabees 1 and 2 in Old Testament USCCB:

Catholic Church endorse the true history of 1 and 2 Maccabees into Catholic Bible. Please click 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees

The rededication of the Jerusalem Temple described in 4:36–59 (see 2 Mac 10:1–8) is the origin of the Jewish feast of Hanukkah.

The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication” and is the name of a Jewish holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem:

Hanukkah Meaning “Dedication” in Hebrew

What it celebrates
The rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from Greek-Syrian oppressors in 164 BC

When it’s celebrated
Begins on the 25th day of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar, which usually falls in November or December

How it’s celebrated
Lighting the menorah, eating traditional foods, playing games, and giving gifts

The holiday is also known as the Festival of Lights. The name comes from the Hebrew verb חנך‎, which means “to dedicate”.

Merry Chrismukkah!