 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
Forum
-> Yom Tov / Holidays
-> Chanukah
amother
|
 Wed, Jan 01 2025, 7:07 pm
| amother Jean wrote: | | Is it a thing that men get home at 6 across the board? Never heard of that. |
DH gets home at 6:30. That is fairly common.
| |
|
| Back to top |
 0
 1
|
|
amother
Navy
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 1:23 am
| amother Green wrote: | | Right, that's why we started skipping grandparents/extended family parties & go to just our parents. |
Same. Especially since we aren't that large a family so if we had every iteration of grandparent making a party it would be mostly the same people.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
1
|
|
amother
Bluebell
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 2:42 am
See, this is why y'all should live here in Australia. We can have a Chanukah party at 6, stay for 2-3 hours, get home and bath everyone and then it's about 10pm - time to light coz it just got dark 
oh and everyone's on summer vacation so your schedules outta whack anyway
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
8
|
imaima
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 2:46 am
| amother OP wrote: | Can't skip any just because...
The party starts at 8:30/9:00 and then you wait till the end for the presents/gelt |
That’s very late. It can’t be „for the kids“ at this hour.
OTOH if it’s the middle of chanuka, they wake up late, have them nap late and go to a late party. Shift the entire schedule.
Do you really have a party every night?
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
1
|
|
amother
Periwinkle
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 2:49 am
|
Do people work on New Year’s and x-mas where you are? How much work was really happening during Chanukah? Or are all Jewish places open?
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
0
|
Elfrida
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 5:04 am
| amother Periwinkle wrote: | | Do people work on New Year’s and x-mas where you are? How much work was really happening during Chanukah? Or are all Jewish places open? |
A lot of people volunteer to cover those days, to give themselves a bit more flexibility when it comes to taking off for the Chagim.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
6
|
|
amother
Lily
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 5:39 am
|
My Chanukah was very difficult. I don't know why it was so bad. Everyone fought so much, we were sick most of it, not one candle lighting was pleasant, not one recipe worked out. I hope next year will be better.
| |
|
| Back to top |
6
0
|
|
amother
Amber
|
Thu, Jan 02 2025, 8:00 am
|
Not a single party here, so none of that pressure, except mesibos in yeshiva. Everyone (we are a boy family) went to see the rebbe's candlelighting every night, so I had a calm and quiet evening. The only hard thing was cooking/frying/baking all the Chanukah specialties and cleaning up after them. I was off though, so I really can't complain.
| |
|
| Back to top |
0
0
|
|
Imamother may earn commission when you use our links to make a purchase.
© 2025 Imamother.com - All rights reserved
|  |
 |
|
 |
|
|
