Hanukkah 2009 Snuck Up On Me

December 11, 2009 · Filed Under Baum's Blog 

Okay, I’m not ready for Hanukkah.  I haven’t bought one gift, sent one card, or done as much work to get ready for the holiday as I would have liked.  But, ready or not, here it comes!

Hanukkah 2009 begins on Friday evening December 11th and lasts for 8 days.  Regardless of how you spell Hanukkah – Chanukah – Hanuka – we’ve got tons of stuff for you!

Each night of Hanukkah this year we’ll be posting a new video of a candle lighting.  It will be – where in the world is Rabbi Baum?  I’ll be lighting the menorah in lots of cool places – and hope you’ll watch the videos as you celebrate Hanukkah.  We also want photos of your Hanukkah celebrations. Please upload 1 or 2 to our Facebook wall - whether you’re opening gifts, lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, eating potato pancakes – or whatever!

Speaking of Hanukkah and Facebook, we’ve got an awesome new Hanukkah gift you can send to all your Facebook friends by clicking on the “Share Us” tab on our Facebook Fan page.

For Hanukkah 101 basics, click here.  For Hanukkah video podcasts covering everything from historical views to the myth of Hanukkah to edible Hanukkah treats to food, sex, and Hanukkah to many ways to light the Hanukkah candles to a new spin on Hanukkah – check them out!

For the young and young at heart, check out this page.  It has menorah coloring pages and dreidel coloring pages.  There are some fun Hanukkah art projects too like latke flippers, Hanukkah fortune tellers, crossword puzzles, and word searches.  There’s also a fun Hanukkah children’s story called the Forgotten Hanukiyah.

Check out this healthy latke (potato pancake) recipe from Hungry Girl.  Yum!

For those of you who are in the same boat as I am and haven’t bought cards to send, click here now and send a Hanukkah ecard or interfaith ecard!

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