Isn't It Nice to Celebrate Twice

December 23, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Christmas and Hanukkah. The first night of Hanukkah was last night, Dec. 22, and Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25.

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A combined Christmas and Hanukkah poem for a child of a mixed marriage who celebrates both:

Isn’t it nice to celebrate twice –

Christmas and Hanukkah?

To follow the ways of both holidays,

Lucky to be who you are?

On each of eight nights a candle to light,

Till all of them are aglow,

A moment of love in memory of

A light that was lit long ago.

And then there’s a tree to trim lovingly,

And presents beneath it to leave,

An evergreen tree for a life that will be

Eternal, at least some believe.

So celebrate twice ‘mid the cold rain and ice

Two holidays often apart.

But put together, despite the harsh weather,

They bring twice the warmth to the heart.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Christmas and Hanukkah

12/23: Isn’t It Nice to Celebrate Twice