Name what fesivals or events jews have instead of christmas?

Answer 1

They have Hannuka instead of Christmas. In Hannuka, there are 8 days and every day you light one candle. You eat donuts- covered in oil because when the Greeks destroyed a holy temple, there was a lantern with a tiny bit of oil. It made the candles stay for 8 days.

Answer 2

None. "Instead" implies that one thing is replacing another or that the two are corollaries of one-another. This is not the case. Jews celebrate Hanukkah contemporaneously with Christmas, but these holidays are different in celebration, meaning, and purpose. They have nothing in common other than that they are both in December.

Answer 3

None. December 25 is an ordinary weekday in Judaism.The Jewish religious festival of Hanukkah is celebrated in December or late November. It has no connection to any Christian occasion. Hanukkah was instituted 2180 years ago.

For more about Hanukkah:

http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-holidays/hanukkah