Hanukkah | Lea Geller

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Dec, 2014

Tyger, Tyger

I suppose we were building up to this: Due to some internal miscommunication, we left candles burning when we took the enfants to see The…

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Dec, 2014

On the fifth night of Chanukah…

M and I got engaged on the fifth night of Chanukah. We celebrated by watching a certain child almost set himself aflame by standing too…

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Dec, 2014

Eight things I love about Channukah.

1. Channukah gelt: Who doesn’t love waxy, chocolate-esque confection wrapped in foil? True, Channukah gelt bares little resemblance to actual chocolate, and true, I spend…

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Dec, 2013

Thanksgiving. All Eight Nights.

Fiona came home from preschool and explained to all of us that Hanukkah was just like Thanksgiving, because both were holidays about freedom of religion,…

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Dec, 2012

The Last Night

It’s the eighth night of Hanukkah, and here is our test tube menorah. It does sort of remind of shots that were served in skeevy…

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Dec, 2012

Bestill my beating…

Mondays are sacred around here. If M and I make it through the weekend in one piece, we dive into Mondays with the kind of…

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Dec, 2012

Relearn your months: Movember, Decembeaver and Vajanuary

Because I recently blogged about Movember, several people alerted me to Movember’s “sister months” — Decembeaver and Vajanuary. That’s right folks, never to be left…

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Nov, 2012

The Hanukkah Tampon

I feel guilty about many things. I hate reggae. I find Zadie Smith largely unreadable (too much dialect). I find Homeland largely unwatchable (that Carrie…