For 2024, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Dec. 25, and lasts for eight nights. The holiday ends at sundown on Jan. 2, 2026.

The eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah started on Christmas Day in 2024, an occurrence that happens very infrequently.

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The first night of Hanukkah falls on Dec. 25, 2024. According to the Bergen Record, the first night of Hanukkah last fell on Christmas Day in 2005 . Before that, the overlap occurred in 1959 and 1921.

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Manhattan Heights Park Community Centeru2028, 1600 Manhattan Beach Blvd., hosts its 38th Annual Holiday Crafts with Santa in the Mt. Whitney Banquet Hallu2028 from 9 to 11 a.m. Join in the holiday ...

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