![]() Thanksgiving marks the turning point where this invisibility sets in. While I enjoy Hanukkah as a holiday, it has also become a way of clinging to my Jewish identity in a time when I feel invisible. ![]() I dust off my wax-covered mini menorah from the recesses of my apartment’s oddly-shaped storage nooks, scavenge up the random candles left over from Hanukkahs past, and eat latkes with a schmear of both applesauce and sour cream ( don’t come for me). While there are myriad ways to celebrate Hanukkah, I tend towards a bare bones approach. I’d like to think that, by now, the average American understands that not everyone celebrates Christmas, but when I look around me at the various “holiday displays,” I see that’s unfortunately not true. Everyone celebrates Christmas.ĭad : Actually, we don’t.
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