Today, after sunset, begins the first day of the 8-day celebration of Hanukkah. It “. . .commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army, over the Syrians in 165 B.C.E., as well as the subsequent rededication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem. Jews around the world celebrate with eight nights of merriment. Traditions include lighting the menorah, exchanging gifts and enjoying treats cooked in oil.”
The Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to embrace an opportunity to have a new cultural experience. 
Prepare some potato pancakes or latkes (a traditional Hanukkah food) for dinner. Serve them with applesauce on top or on the side. Your family will love them!
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One of each of these per day please. You have until December 13 at 6 pm EST to enter. wrapping done as possible. For some added fun, call some of the girls over and make it a Gift Wrap Party! Some can wrap and some can accessorize. Be sure to label each present.
This week’s drawing is for 3 lucky winners to win 1 of 3 of ListPlanIt‘s ePlanners: Personal ePlanner (perfect for personal goal-setting in the New Year), Planner ePlanner (lots of time management pages to get yourself organized), and Home ePlanner (for motivation to get those home projects done this winter). To enter for your chance to win. . .
1) leave a comment on this post,
2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Facebook or Twitter(so easy to do when you use the Share This button at the bottom of this post) and leave a comment here linking to your profile,
3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email and leave a comment here,
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One of each of these per day please. You have until December 13 at 6 pm EST to enter.
Jennifer,
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Oh man! I wish I had been able to look at this sooner. We went to a Passover Seder once before we had children and it was an incredible experience. I would love to teach my children about Hanukkah. I’m just going to be a day late.