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Topic: Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah MiddletownPosted By: Middletown News
Subject: Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah Middletown
Date Posted: Dec 22 2008 at 4:06pm
Christmas(IPA: http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English - /krɪsməs/ ), also referred to asChristmas Dayor http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Christmastide - Christmastide , is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that marks and honors the birth of http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Jesus - Jesus of Nazareth . http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/RTE_textarea.asp?mode=new&POID=0&ID=33#cite_note-1 - [2] http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/RTE_textarea.asp?mode=new&POID=0&ID=33#cite_note-CathChrit-2 - [3]The birth of Jesus, which is the basis for the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Anno_Domini - anno Domini system of dating, is thought to have occurred between 7 and 2 BC. http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/RTE_textarea.asp?mode=new&POID=0&ID=33#cite_note-3 - [4]December 25 is not thought to be Jesus' actual date of birth, and the date may have been chosen to correspond with either a http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Roman_festival - Roman festival , http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/RTE_textarea.asp?mode=new&POID=0&ID=33#cite_note-SolInvictus-4 - [5]or with the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Winter_solstice - winter solstice . http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/RTE_textarea.asp?mode=new&POID=0&ID=33#cite_note-Newton-5 - [6]
Hanukkah( http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Hebrew_language - Hebrew :חנוכה,IPA: http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA - ['χanuka] , alt.Chanukah), also known as theFestival of Lights, is an eight-day http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Jewish_holiday - Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem - Holy Temple in http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Jerusalem - Jerusalem at the time of the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt - Maccabean Revolt of the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/2nd_century_BCE - 2nd century BCE . Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Kislev - Kislev according to the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Hebrew_calendar - Hebrew calendar , and may occur from late November to late December on the http://www.middletownusa.com/wiki/Gregorian_calendar - Gregorian calendar .
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