Three major religious festivals occur in December
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- Wednesday, October 17, 2001 | Nursery World
Hanukkah * The Jewish festival of Hanukkah, this year on 10 December, celebrates the victory of the Jewish Maccabees over the Syrians and the reclamation of the Jerusalem temple. A rekindled lamp there holding only enough oil to burn for one day burned miraculously for eight days. The festival is celebrated by each night lighting a new candle in an eight-pointed Menorah, sending cards and feasting, including food fried in oil.