Hanukkalooza

Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. It lasts for about eight nights and it celebrates oil that lasted longer than it should have. Can the Jews teach us something about energy conservation? Abbey seems to think so.

Either way, Hanukkah is important to me because it means I get to eat lots and lots of latkes. As a gentile, it is a rare occasion so when Abbey and Hannah told me about their little get together to celebrate not accepting Jesus Christ (amen) as their savior and martyr, I was all for it!

We had regular latkes, vegan latkes, gold coins, clementines, and sparklin' apple cider. SO good. Other people showed up and it was jokes all around.

Here are some exclusive party photos:

Our beautiful 'Nightmare Before Christmas Hanukkah' menorah.


Abbey brewing up some latkes.
Drinking sparking apple cider.
Carl danced a lot.
We broke tradition and lit ALL the candles.
Laughs were indeed had by all!
The aftermath (a Hanukkah Holocaust if you will!)

I learned to embrace the chosen people as suppliers of fantastic food. There are still seven more nights of this crazy stuff!!!