ST. LOUIS – Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth time since 1900. Hanukkah, also called the Festival of ...

This year marks the fifth time over the last 114 years Hanukkah has started on the same day as Christmas. It won't happen again until 2035. Sometimes called Christmukkah, Dec. 25 marks the day ...

Occurring in the wintertime, Hanukkah is an eight-day festival of lights, which is celebrated with nightly menorah lightings, special prayers and fried foods, according to Chabad.org. One candle ...

(CBS DETROIT) — It's the first time since 2005 that the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, and there were celebrations all throughout the area. For over a decade, Metro Detroit's Jewish ...

Christmas is on Wednesday, and it also marks the first day of Hanukkah. The Jewish festival of lights celebrates the victory over the Syrians, and the rededication of the second temple of Jerusalem.

Not this year. Christmas Day — Wednesday, Dec. 25 — also is the start of Hanukkah, something that hasn’t happened since 2005 and only occurs every 20 to 30 years. It won’t happen again ...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious ...