The Holiday Celebration

Hanukkah and Christmas are very different. They do different things. They prepare differently. On Hanukkah, you play dreidels and eat latkes and chocolate gelt. On Christmas, you have a Christmas tree. But it makes sense for them to be different because they're totally different holidays.

The story of Hanukkah. The Jews didn't obey the king. So the king decided to destroy their temple. Then they fought until they won! Since they won, they decided to rebuild their temple and that's how Hanukkah became Hanukkah.

Hanukkah and Christmas are both very important holidays to the people that celebrate them.

There is some stuff that are the same.
1. They both are a holiday.
2. They both have a story to how they happened.
3. The people that celebrate them get very happy.

Stuff that are different about Hanukkah and Christmas:
1. Christmas has songs for it. Hanukkah has games and songs.
2. Hanukkah you have a menorah.

Stuff about the menorah.
1. On the menorah there is a shammas.
2. There are eight candles on the menorah. With the shammas, it makes nine.
3. The shammas lights the eight candles. Every night you light another candle.