Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2024December 15, 2024 by Simon

Happy Boxing Day Or the second night of Hanukkah or Zwanzaa or the traditional British holiday for the servants Boxing Day.... Read More

Happy Christmas/Hanukkah

Posted on December 25, 2024December 14, 2024 by Simon

Light the First Candle and Sing a Hanukkah Song Give Gifts of Joy and Hope. Merry Christmas... Read More

Tradition

Posted on December 20, 2024December 14, 2024 by Simon

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”. Gustav Mahler Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah coincide this year. Magical thinking makes it a good omen. So next we... Read More

Happy Hanukkah 2019

Posted on December 28, 2019December 25, 2019 by Simon

We have had a few nice Hanukkah celebrations this week. But it has been a little bittersweet. In recent years we, at least part of the time, had been focused on including Oma. This year she is gone an... Read More

Happy Hanukkah (Day 5)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Simon

The story of Judas Maccabeus and the Maccabee Revolt in Judea was written about by the contemporary Roman historian Tacitus. Every time you wish someone a Happy Hanukkah you are acknowledging the hist... Read More

Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

Tag: Hanukkah

Boxing Day

Happy Christmas/Hanukkah

Tradition

Happy Hanukkah 2019

Happy Hanukkah (Day 5)