[I]t’s time once again to have everyone’s favorite Holiday debate. It’s an age-old question, which holiday is truly greater, Hanukkah or Christmas?
Well fine, it’s not an actual debate, but let’s break it down anyway, shall we?
In Hanukkah’s defense you can say chocolate gelt is way tastier than candy canes, and instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights, no long religious services, and just two short prayers a night (well, 3 on the first night, but still…).
Sure cleaning out dried candle wax from a menorah is a mild pain, but dealing with the unending needles from a Christmas tree is much more annoying. During Hanukkah presents are delivered via loved ones and Amazon, and there’s no old man who arbitrarily demands that you be good in order to get gifts… not too shabby if I say so myself!
Now on Christmas’s side of the ledger you could easily say the game of grabbing a kiss under the mistletoe is way more fun than playing dreidel. And despite the fact that some Christmas songs are weird and disturbing, the fact is that by sheer volume alone the handful of good Christmas songs outweigh the one previously referenced good Hanukkah song. Need Christmas cards, wrapping paper, ornaments etc., you can find ‘em anywhere, Hanukkah… good luck!
With all of the different kinds of Christmas cookies, you can keep eating and never get bored! But there’s really only so many jelly doughnuts a person can eat. And the fact is you always know that Christmas is going to be on December 25th. But Hanukkah’s all over the place, this year it starts on December 8th, a full 17 days before Christmas.
In my opinion it’s a draw (a lame cop-out, I know…). Whichever holiday or holidays you celebrate, may they be fun and festive!