We are celebrating Chanukah this year, in honor of my husband’s Spanish Jewish heritage and, of course, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We were able to go to the mall last night where they had a whole Menorah lighting service. First there was a performer who was remarkable in his craft:
While he performed, they gave out donuts and dreidels. Next, they had the blessings and the lighting of the Menorah:
We signed up for the free raffle, in which Taz won a lovely wooden Menorah. We were going to buy one, so this was a great treat for us!
Lastly, they were dancing up a crazy storm to celebrate. Taz got really into it and ended up dancing for around 15 minutes! He was so cute!
We hung around the mall a bit longer after the celebration ended only to see a good friend of ours and talk with him for a while. He was nice enough to share a coupon that would allow us to get Menorah candles cheaper than we expected. We left the mall and headed to the last store we would go to for the night, allowed Taz to pick out the candles, and went home with high hopes!
We ended the night with our own ceremonial lighting of the Menorah and playing with dreidels:
All in all a great start to the Chanukah week!
