Chronicle poll results: Favorite Chanukah tradition
We asked our readers about their favorite Chanukah tradition. Here's what they said.
Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an electronic poll the following question: “What is your favorite Chanukah tradition?” Of the 205 people who responded, 64% said lighting the menorah; 20% said cooking and/or eating Chanukah food; 5% said giving gifts; 1% said playing dreidel; and 10% said something else. Comments were submitted by 28 people. A few follow.
I love being with family, eating latkes and corned beef, and then lighting the candles on the menorah and passing out gifts. Everyone in my house gets something to open. We then settle down to eating donuts. We laugh and sing and have a great time!
Hands down, having latkes and trying different recipes from friends. We added potato chips last
Year — fabulous.
I love making fried foods.
I imagine all the menorahs across time zones, lighting candle after candle after candle, keeping
the light going.
Gifts for grandkids.
As with all the holidays, both secular and traditional, family and the gathering around the table
are always special.
It’s a toss-up between devouring latkes smothered in apple sauce and explaining how “our minor holiday” differs from Xmas.
I collect chanukiahs, so lighting several of them is very special to our family.
I should say lighting the menorah, but if I am being truthful it’s eating latkes.
While lighting the candles is obviously very special, I love to cook. I started a few years ago baking a corned beef brisket and serving it as Reuben using the latkes instead of the bread. Yum!
No matter your favorite, the continuation of traditions like those practiced on Chanukah are vital to the future of the Jewish people.
Lighting the menorah was always my favorite tradition. In today’s world of such upheaval and darkness, lighting the menorah is even more special. We need light to dispel the darkness. PJC
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