Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day - December 25 - in 2024: Here’s why
Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar and the lunar-based Hebrew calendar. This rare alignment occurs because the Jewish calendar follows a lunar cycle,
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Wednesday is December 25th, which is Christmas, but also this year, marks the first day of Hanukkah as well.
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“It’s just happenstance that the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas day,” Schaktman explained. “And it’s interesting, the first night of Hanukkah is the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. And Christmas is the 25th day of December.”
Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day in 2024 in rare occurrence
This year, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with Christmas coming on the Dec. 25th of the Gregorian calendar, and Hanukkah starting on the 25th day of the month of Kislev in the Jewish calendar.
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Hanukkah changes every year but 2024's Jewish festival coincides with Christmas, starting at sunset on December 25 and continuing for eight nights.
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The doughnut-like pastries were sufganiyot — a Hanukkah specialty — and buñuelos, And the mariachi band took a crack at playing the Jewish folk song “Hava Nagila.” “What really brings us together is our shared values — our faith,
Hanukkah starts Dec. 25 this year. What to know about what it celebrates, traditions
But did you know that it's also Hanukkah? This year, Hanukkah begins with Christmas on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 25. Because the start of Hanukkah is tied to the Hebrew calendar, the dates change from year to year and the holiday can happen between late November and late December.
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Christmas and the start of Hanukkah are on December 25 this year, offering us a rare and poignant reminder of our shared humanity.
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