Pella Productions - 8 Nights Of Hanukkah A Capella Mashup

Nefesh Mountain | The Hanukkah Dance by Woody Guthrie

   Woody Guthrie's wife was Jewish and he wrote a lot of songs with his mother in law for the Jewish community center in Coney Island where he lived with his family. I find it quite interesting that the man who wrote some of the  most American of folk songs like This Land Is Your Land  also ended up writing Jewish songs. I think this is a nice send up of this song.

HANUKKAH

Kingshighway , Brooklyn

     I have the Hanukkah blues tonight. I miss Hanukkah. I would not even say that this was the best Hanukkah ever,  but I love the childhood memories I associate with Hanukkah. The window sill looked so empty this evening when I put my menorah away. Alas, until next year... 

Last Day of Hanukkah

    Its been a fun , unseasonably warm holiday this year. Tonight the Empire State Building was lit up blue and silver in honor of Hanukkah. It kind of makes it look like a big Hanukkah candle. 

Elf Yourself Oh Hanukkah

    This is the best Hanukkah video yet of this year. Its a bit ghoulish and funny just the same. Enjoy!

Six13 - Chanukah (Shake It Off)

    This year there has been a flood of good Hanukkah videos. Love it. This one is kind of cute.

Hanukkah - Dreidel - music video by Jewish a cappella group Shir Soul - ...

    This video is actually pretty good, but they spend just a little too much time with the first song. Bear with them. Its really pretty good. Enjoy!

The Maccabeats - All About That Neis - Hanukkah

    This latest song perhaps is not as snazzy as some of their others, but still cute. Enjoy...

WERE LIGHTING THE MENORAH

     I missed this one from 2012 so I decided to post it now. 

Happy Thanksgiving and Hanukkah

     Happy Thanksgiving and Hanukkah! Its so fun to say. I don't especially like people combining the two holidays and calling it Thanksgivingkah, although its a step above Christmasakah since Thanksgiving is a secular holiday. 

      I am thankful to be living in the United States. I am grateful for the freedoms we have here that we do't even realize we are so fortunate to have. I am grateful to live in a country where I can openly celebrate Jewish holidays.

Happy First Night of Hanukkah

Happy first light and night of Hanukkah. Though I don't mind Thanksgiving sharing the spotlight with Hanukkah, I'm glad that Hanukkah gets to have the first night on its own. 

Rerun

     Another year of Hanukkah parties has come and gone. The same single people from last year were there. I asked a friend at one party whether they thought anyone at that party would be married next year. They got defensive and said that they would prefer to remain single than marry someone just to be wed. Well duh, but that wasn't the question. I am assuming that the couple who might be married next year would be marrying someone appropriate for them and not just to give in. Sadly I may be sitting next year with the same bunch of  jokers at yet another singles Hanukkah fest. Or maybe I will the lucky one to have hope and change occur. After all two can kvetch louder than one.

Sevivon (סביבון)

Tom Lehrer - Hanukkah in Santa Monica

   I found this song by accident a few years ago. Its really cute. As it turns out  its  a really old song that I just had never heard of . Enjoy!

Matisyahu "Happy Hanukkah" (Official Video) - New Song

    I like this better than the miracle video. Matisyahu doesn't dress like Santa in this video.

Matisyahu Performs "Happy Hanukkah" - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Wow, so now that Matisyahu has shed his kipah it was safe for him to write   a Hanukkah song. Very interesting. Though Adam Sandler did not wear a kipah for his Hanukkah song, he at least mentions one. Oh the irony. That said , I do enjoy Matisyahu's song. Its just a long time coming.
     The evolution of the pop culture Hanukkah song is quite curious. There was a long time where if you listened to the radio there were only X-mas songs in December then along came Adam Sandler who in December 1994 sang his 'Hanukkah Song' on Saturday Night Live. It was a silly song but somehow it caught on and has played on the radio every December since. Next came the Maccabeats with their song Candlelight that hit you tube by storm with millions of hits. The secular media went crazy . It was the first time shomer shabbos Jews gained notoriety for a Hanukkah song. Now Matisyahu who is known for being a hassidic reggae singer now isn' t hassidic, but has come out with a Hanukkah song. Now a Jewish singer who is popular in the secular world as a singer has come out with a Hanukkah song. We've come a long way folks.

OHEL Chanukah 2011 Music Video: Reach for the Stars!

I really like this video. I realize that its an ad for ohel, but I appreciate the meaning as well.

The Maccabeats - Shine - Hanukkah

This is an original song by the Maccabeats. Its very good. Happy Hanukkah!

StandFour - Eight Nights - Hanukkah Mashup

Another cute song by the Maccabeats! Enjoy!

Hanukkah Forever

     Its official, there is a forever Hanukkah stamp. I am just putting it out there. I don't know if the Hanukkah stamp last year was a forever stamp because they ran out of the Hanukkah stamp before I could buy it, but this year it  is a forever stamp. This is awesome.  I have no clue  how much a domestic stamp costs. I only buy forever stamps for this reason. The only exception to my rule is when I buy Hanukkah stamps. I love the fact that there is a Hanukkah stamp and I always stock up in case I don't manage to buy it the next year. My only problem is that I never remember how much a stamp costs so I have to figure it out before I send my Hanukkah cards . Or at least I HAD to. Now there is a Hanukkah forever stamps so I am covered.