December Holidays Conversation Starters
The December holidays bring up more questions and tension for many couples than any other time of year. Because...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Relationship Challenges
How to Talk About Christmas Trees in an Interfaith Relationship
Tree or no tree? Little tree or big? Only at the grandparents’, or at home, too? More than perhaps any other...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Relationship Challenges
How to Talk to Your Kids About Not Celebrating Christmas
If you’re raising your kids Jewish but you or your partner are from a different faith (even if neither of...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Tips and Advice
Eight Nights of Giving: Kids Edition
While December is the season when kids get excited about presents, it’s also a perfect time to teach them the...
18Doors’ Guide to Hanukkah
This guide to Hanukkah will teach you about the holiday and its traditions. You will learn how to approach...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Rituals, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Hanukkah
The Guide: Hanukkah, Christmas and Your Interfaith Family
Interfaith families are diverse and varied in terms of family structures, faith backgrounds, celebrations,...
The Guide: December Holiday Decision-Making Means Compromise
It might feel as though there are an unlimited number of December holiday decisions you’re up against. Not...
The Guide: Navigating Through December Holiday Challenges
Even after so much effort to create your ideal holiday full of understanding and combined traditions, there’s...
Christmas and Hanukkah Without Our Extended Family
Every year, my parents host a Hanukkah party for their three adult children, their spouses and their 11 grandchildren...
Our Hanukkah Fight Wasn’t Really About What We Teach Our Kids
I took a seat at my computer while the girls were doing crafts in the kitchen and the baby was toddling around...
Hanukkah, Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Why My Jewish Kids Love Their Advent Calendars
I was at Trader Joe’s the other day and bought an advent calendar. For my dog. While this does make...
How Hanukkah, Christmas and a New Baby Inspired My Children’s Book
Lauren with her family
As a young couple, my husband and I sailed through our early holiday seasons together....
Family, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Newlywed, Parenting Hanukkah
Why Can’t We Have a Christmas Tree?
“We can’t have one,” I replied, full of the weary knowledge that only the mother of a...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
Why I Reject Chrismukkah
Back in 2003, I thought it was amazing when Seth Cohen from The O.C. first taught the world about the magic...
Family, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Rituals, Parenting Hanukkah
The Miracle of Light
This interfaith holiday season has been trickier than I thought. If there is a lot of planning, cooking and...
Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
To Tree or Not To Tree
The dual holiday extravaganza this season is more work than I thought it would be. But, it’s important for...
Extended Family, Hanukkah Rituals, Holiday Toolbox, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
A Not-So-Cookie Cutter Hanukkah: Or, When The World Makes It Difficult To Celebrate Hanukkah
We were late. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the aisles of Target, my husband and I were...
Dessert, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Food, Hanukkah Rituals, Jewish Holidays Food, Parenting Hanukkah, Recipes
A Recipe for Conversation and Holiday Cookies
For some of us in interfaith homes, December can highlight sticky situations. There are questions of how to...
Dessert, Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Food, Hanukkah Rituals, Jewish Holiday Food, Parenting Hanukkah, Recipes
8 Hanukkah Night Ideas For The Whole Family
Our bellies were barely filled with Thanksgiving sweetness — pumpkin and apple and pecan pies, of course — before...
Charity Begins At Home, Part 2
My son helping to pack snack boxes at the North Texas Food Bank in January.
Last night, my family watched NFL...
The Twelve Days of Interfaith Holidays
With not quite 12 days between Hanukkah and Christmas this year (depending on just how you count), I thought...
My Kids Are Jewish, With or Without Christmas
Christmas Eve walk through the neighborhood luminaries.
As the only Jewish kid in my small town in Pennsylvania,...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Identity, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
3 Tips for Teachers During the Holidays
By Stefani Wiemann
Stefanie and her family
The holiday season is upon us. Christmas music plays in restaurants,...
Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Tips and Advice, Religious Education
Reflections on Hanukkah
Eight nights of wax have hardened on the little menorah that has traveled with me for more 25 years of Hanukkah...
Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
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