Channukah meme

A Jewish Holiday Meme via Here in HP via ImaBima

(who got it from Home-Shuler)

One menorah, or several? Hillel or Shammai? Just one for now, maybe more when we have kids. We grew up with just one. I need to get one, actually. I know what I want it to look like, but haven't gotten one yet. I'd like to get one from our shul's channukah fair, and thus support the shul, but I'm working during the fair (at my job, not at the fair) so I don't think that will happen.

Do you buy your children gifts for every night of Chanukah?
Growing up, it was sometimes little gifts most nights, plus some big gifts. Being an interfaith/not very religious family, after my parents split up, channukah began to rival christmas, for presents. (which the rivaled chanukah, etc. which really meant ma riveled dad and dad riveled ma.) When we have kids, well, we haven't decided this yet. We'll see.

Do you and your spouse/partner or any other adults in your life exchange gifts?
Probably for christmas (being an interfaith family who both grew up with christmas, we will be celebrating as secular as possible a christmas with my family.

Special family chanukah traditions?
Latkes. Candles. A family get together with food, presents, and family time (aunts uncles cousins) We're brand new to being our own family, so we're making our own traditions. We're thinking we'll have a party with some friends to, which will be really fun.

Latkes or sufganiyot? If latkes, sour cream or applesauce?
I've never made sufganiyot, though we might try it this year. Latkes with applesauce. maybe some creme fraiche this year.

Favorite chanukah book?
As a child, there was this book about a woman who was too poor for a menorah, so her husband made a menorah out of a board and some nails. no clue what it was called.

Do you actually play dreidl? If so, what do you use for counters?
Not so much. I guess spinning them is fun, but I don't much like it. J is looking forward to it though.

What relationship, if any, do you have with Christmas and all things Christmas-y?
We celebrate it in a sort of as secular as possible way. J and I both grew up with Christmas (not very religious for me), and part of our agreement about religion and kids is that we will raise them Jewish, but be accepting their choices if they choose another religion, and that we will still celebrate christmas, though as secular as possible. (Yes, I realize that it is impossible to truely celebrate christmas secularly). I'd miss the tree, the presents, the family get together, the songs that everyone knows, things like that. I'm sure this will evolve as we go, how we deal with this (and change greatly when we have kids). We will celebrate christmas though.

“If you’re reading, you’re tagged!” – I guess if you are reading and not Jewish, it might be hard to play along… but you can enjoy learning about our holiday. Chanukah starts on December 11th this year (yikes, thats so soon.)