| Chanukah, or the festival of lights, lasts for eight | | | | the candles have to light and not fall apart! Oh, the |
| nights and is filled with family fun, and family time! | | | | ideas they will come up with! And, it will taste |
| Although Chanukah is not a major holiday for the | | | | delicious, or at least that's the idea!!! |
| Jewish religion, it is the better known of them. Every | | | | 'Hide the Gelt' is a game the kids usually enjoy playing |
| night for eight nights, the candles on the menorah | | | | during Chanukah. In order to play this game the |
| are lit, one at a time. The family is gathered | | | | children must either be out of the house, or occupied |
| together; all the food is prepared with much love and | | | | so they can't see where the gelt is being hid. Before |
| much more tradition, special little presents are bought | | | | the children leave for the night they are told there is |
| and are opened. But it's the menorah that is the star | | | | a treat, the chocolate gelt, hidden for them in each |
| of these nights. Even thought this is a very traditional | | | | room, but they have to find it before they leave! |
| time, one different idea for making that "star" a bit | | | | Even though Chanukah isn't classed as a major |
| more fun is to have all kinds of foods available for | | | | holiday, it's a special time nonetheless, and as such it's |
| the kids (big ones included), who have to use those | | | | worthy of celebrating. Using the ideas above you can |
| foods to make a menorah! The real trick is that it | | | | make this holiday a happy one for you and your |
| has to be a working menorah, and it has to be edible; | | | | loved ones. |