Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth ...

Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with Christmas coming on the 25th of ...

In the lunar calendar, the months are shorter — 29.5 days — than they are in the Gregorian calendar. Hanukkah is always on ...

In just over a century, the first day of Hanukkah, which begins at sundown, has coincided with Christmas Day four other times ...

However, the months on the Hebrew calendar are based on lunar months (the time between full moons), while the years are based on solar years (a full orbit around the sun). As a result, months on ...

Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar ...

the months are shorter — 29.5 days — than they are in the Gregorian calendar. Hanukkah is always on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. "To keep up with the seasons, every three ...

Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27. The holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar and always falls on the 25th day of Kislev.