Today is not only Christmas Day but it also the first day Hanukkah.
I was going to write up a whole post dedicated to this joyous holiday for our Jewish brethren but I already did a damn fine one already back in 2019.
It's a post with not one but TWO (count 'em, TWO!) comic books stories! And not one and not two but THREE (Did I say "THREE"?) versions of Tom Lehrer's "I'm Spending Hanukkah In Santa Monica!"
From a post that first appeared on Saturday, December 28, 2019, It's Hanukkah Time!
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Hi there! Since I spent several posts focusing on Christmas, today we will celebrate Hanukkah here at I'm So Glad My Suffering Amuses You, a small dreidel of a blog in a glowing menorah of an internet.
Let's start off with a song, my favorite song about Hanukkah. And no, it's NOT that irritating overplayed thing by Adam Sandler. This tune was written and composed by the great Tom Lehrer. Below is a performance by Mr. Lehrer himself.
I'm Spending Hanukkah In Santa Monica! I really gets in your head, doesn't it?
Next up from DC's 2009 Holiday Special is a Hanukkah themed story starring Superman himself.
The creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, were both Jewish.
I think it's time for another musical celebration of Hanukkah!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you....
THE GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES!!!!!
It really is in your head now, isn't it?
It's time for another comic book story, this one featuring a little know DC character called Ragman.
And that's my Hanukkah post. Sometimes Hanukkah is simply looked upon as Jewish Christmas and it is so much more than that. But like Christmas, Hanukkah also represents the ideal of light triumphing over darkness as well as the peace, love and joy of families and friends coming together. Which is an ideal we can all get behind.
So Happy Hanukkah!
And a special shout out to those who celebrate....
"Hanukkah! In Santa Monica! Wearing sandals lighting candles by the sea!"
It really gets in your head!
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