Hanukkah and Christmas in One Home

Your five-year-old looked up from dinner and asked, "Am I Hanukkah or Christmas?" Both sets of grandparents already have an answer, and the two of you want to plan December together before Advent starts and the first candle is lit.

An 18-page printable guide and calendar for a household that keeps both Hanukkah and Christmas, written for the parents and for the grandparents around them. It gives each holiday in its own terms, from sources inside its own tradition, and makes no claim about which way is right.

Inside: a December 2026 calendar showing the Hanukkah nights (first candle on the evening of Friday, December 4, last day ends at nightfall Saturday, December 12) and the four Advent Sundays through Christmas Day, with Epiphany given as January 6 and as Sunday, January 3, 2027 in US Catholic parishes; an eight-night chart; a page each on what Hanukkah is, how the hanukkiah is lit and common customs; a page each on Advent, the Advent wreath and Christmas; a side-by-side table; two worksheets for the grown-ups; short answers to a child's questions; a page for grandparents to copy and fill in; a "how we do it in our house" page; a word list; and a sources page.

Print on US Letter or A4. Fill in the worksheets in pencil and keep the calendar on the fridge. No reader from either tradition has checked the guide, and it says so.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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