Christmas Day, marking the birth of Jesus Christ, will also mark the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem nearly two centuries before, in a rare joint occurrence.
Christmas is observed on the 25th of December, and Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) falls on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. But the Christian world uses a solar calendar, while the Jewish calendar is both solar and lunar.
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