As you may know, Hanukkah is meant to celebrate our heritage in a\u00a0happy way, as opposed to our heavier high holy days in the Fall, when we atone for our sins of the past year.<\/p>\n This<\/em> year, though, with all the sadness in the world right now, especially the horrors that have taken place in Israel, the occasion has more gravitas than ever.\u00a0 So I feel that we all need to keep that situation in mind.<\/p>\n On a lighter note, I have a little Hannukah tale for you.\u00a0 Even though I had scheduled this column a long while ago, and kept checking the date to make sure I was ready for the holiday to begin on December 7, and was deciding between my two menorahs\u2014the one with sports balls or the crayon box design, (guess which one won this year\u2014answer at the bottom,)\u2014I was wholly un<\/em>prepared for Thursday night.<\/p>\n All of a sudden, as dusk was approaching, it hit me.\u00a0 I found my winning menorah in a nano-second, (which is shocking amidst all my clutter,) but then I had to scour every corner and cabinet of my kitchen for a box of Hanukkah candles! (I sometimes buy two in one year, to be ready for the next\u2014this year is the perfect example of why.) But no boxes were to be found. So I looked in the junk drawer for some\u00a0loose<\/em>\u00a0ones, just in case. Occasionally, a box from a previous year will have an extra one, so it finds its way into that drawer. (As just about\u00a0everything<\/em>\u00a0seems to! Am I right? I found a treasure trove in there last week!)<\/p>\n![\"320876023_698193345052596_7602430399357596102_n\"](\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/320876023_698193345052596_7602430399357596102_n.jpg\")
<\/a>And I had all kinds of juicy topics to cover in this e-zine last week, so this is the first chance I’m getting to wish you all a Happy Hanukkah.<\/p>\n