"Sunset, December 21 to sunset, December 29 The first Day of Hanukkah was December 22."
Hanukkah 2008 occurred from sunset Sunday December 21st, until the evening of Monday, December 29th, 2008. The dates are according to the Hebrew calendar and are not the same each year according to the civil (Gregorian) dates.
Chanukah began on December 21, 2008
Sunday, December 22, 2008
Hanukkah was first celebrated in 164 BCE, starting on the 25th of Kislev of that year.See dates of Hanukkah for the next couple of decades on this linked page.See also:More about Hanukkah
Its Gregorian dates are determined by the cycles of the Hebrew calendar, in which Hanukkah always starts on the 25th of kislev.
December 15-22, 1941
Hanukkah Mannequin - 2009 TV was released on: USA: 7 December 2009
Hanukkah Mench - 2011 was released on: USA: 15 December 2011 (Los Angeles, California)
Hanukkah in 2008 starts December 21st at night when the first candle is lit. The first day is December 22 and it runs through December 29th.
Christmas and Hanukkah - 2009 was released on: USA: 12 June 2009 (San Francisco United Film Festival)
On exactly the same dates as all over the rest of the world. Hanukkah in 2013 is November 27-December 5. Candles are lit at or after sunset.
Hanukkah always starts on the 25th of Kislev and lasts eight days.In the Gregorian calendar, the dates change every year but always occur in December or late November. Judaism uses a lunar calendar with an occasional leap-month added to keep it in step with the solar seasons.See also:More about Hanukkah