A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat! Alan King
What I find fascinating about Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights we celebrate at this time of the year, is the way its story was transformed by time. Jonathan Sacks
The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle. Irving Greenberg
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Monday, December 15, 2025
Hanukkah - December 15, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025
Toys
As men get older, the toys get more expensive. Marvin Davis
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. Bernard Manning
I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio. Joan Rivers
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. Clement Clarke Moore
Monday, December 1, 2025
December
Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God. Franklin D. Roosevelt
How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? Dr. Seuss
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. James M. Barrie

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