On Dec 20, 2025, Jews celebrate Hanukkah** — one of the major Jewish holidays, also known as the Festival of Lights or the Festival of Dedication. Hanukkah in 2025 runs from the evening of December 14 to the evening of December 22 (from 25 Kislev to 2 Tevet in the Jewish calendar). **Specifically, December 20** is the **seventh day of Hanukkah** (30 Kislev), when seven candles are lit on the hanukkiah (a special nine-branched menorah). Hanukkah commemorates the miracle that occurred in the 2nd century BCE: after the Maccabees' victory over the Greco-Syrian forces and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple, a single day's supply of oil in the menorah miraculously lasted for eight days. During the holiday, candles are lit (one more each night), foods fried in oil are eaten (such as latkes and sufganiyot—jelly doughnuts), people play dreidel, and gifts are exchanged (including "Hanukkah gelt"—money or chocolate coins).