Friday, December 22, 2006

Lighting the Candles

Tonight we joined our dear friends the Hapners to celebrate the lighting of the candles for the last night of Chanukkah. I love being included! This is the fourth year we've celebrated together with them, and I so enjoy the prayers of gratitude and hope, they all sound so beautiful. Plus it was Shabbat as well and I love the blessing and the sharing of bread. Just as we were arriving, Annie told me she had prepared a Chanukkah song to sing called Zombie Mommy. I was a little worried. After the candles were lit, Annie performed Zombie Mommy which included a small dance. Zombie Mommy turned out to be "Happy Chanukkah to Ezra" to the tune of "Happy Birthday. Whew! I'm so glad it wasn't something really weird.
Shalom, everyone!




2 comments:

futuregirl said...

It's wonderful that your daughter gets to see other people's traditions in a personal, loving way. It's so much different that reading about it. Wouldn't it make a huge difference in the world if everyone was given the opportunity to appreciate other culture's practices? I think so.

And ... that menorah is a crack up. :)

Pat said...

Annie looks like a very self-possessed Celtic Princess.