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🕎 Menorah Lightings & Other Chanukah Festivities

By Melissa Cercone, Editor/Publisher, Macaroni KID Fairfield-Trumbull-Shelton, CT December 6, 2023

Happy Chanukah! This year Chanukah begins on Thursday, December 7th, and continues through Friday, December 15th.

There are several Menorah lightings and festivities for the kids. I've rounded up a list below. 

🕎 Menorah Lighting - Trumbull - Dec. 7

🕎 Wild and Wacky Chanukah - Westport - Dec. 10

🕎 Menorah Lighting - Fairfield - Dec. 10

🕎 Chanukah on The Huntington Green - Shelton - Dec. 10

🕎 Cteen Chanukah on Ice - Westport - Dec. 10

🕎 Menorah Lighting - Monroe - Dec. 11

🕎 Menoracade - Westport/Southport - Dec. 12

🕎 Menorah Lighting at Pequot Library - Southport - Dec. 12

🕎 Menorah Lighting - Easton - Dec. 13

Would you like to learn more about Chanukah?

Hanukkah (Chanukah) is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers, and fried foods.

But what does Chanukah celebrate? How is it observed? What is Gelt? Learn more here...

Chanukah for Kids

Songs

Blessings of the Menorah
Oh, Chanukah! Oh, Chanukah!
More...

Crafts

Make your own Chanukah wrapping paper
How to craft a unique Menorah
Chanukah coloring pages
More...

Stories

The Story of Chanukah
Miracle of the Maccabees
Nine Spoons
More...


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