Hanukkah has never been "made official" by any person.
The above answer is mistaken. Our tradition explicitly states that Hanukkah was instituted by the Torah-sages (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), who were acting in concert with the Hasmoneans.
No U.S. president has ever made Hanukkah an official holiday. Only 2% of the population celebrates it, so it would not be warranted.
The first president who took official notice of Hanukkah was one of the Jewish community's least-favorite occupants of the White House, Jimmy Carter. In 1979, he ended 100 days of self-imposed seclusion over the Iran hostage crisis by walking to Lafayette Park, lighting the new "National Menorah" erected there by Chabad-Lubavitch, and delivering brief remarks.
There are no special cookies associated with Hanukkah. Any kind of cookies can be seen at Hanukkah parties.
Words that can be made from the letters in Happy Hanukkah are:aahahaanankhanyaukayahhahahhankhankyhaphayhuhhunkhunkyhuphyphakahunakappakayakkhankhaphknapnahnapnappynaynupapahpanpappapapapayapaypukkapunpunkpunkahpunypuppupapyauhunhappyupyakyankyapyaupyuanyukyup
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Words that can be made from the letters in Happy Hanukkah are:aahahaanankhanyaukayahhahahhankhankyhaphayhuhhunkhunkyhuphyphakahunakappakayakkhankhaphknapnahnapnappynaynupapahpanpappapapapayapaypukkapunpunkpunkahpunypuppupapyauhunhappyupyakyankyapyaupyuanyukyup
The Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah where ever they are including the Canadian jews. The days are not typically official holidays. Most schools and businesses will make allowances for those that are celebrating.
Hanukkah is a holiday, while "kosher" is an adjective referring to food which is made in accordance with the Torah-rules for preparing food. Celebrating a "kosher" Hanukkah, it would mean that any foods served during the holiday were kosher.
חנוכה שמחSee also: More about Hanukkah
It is called a Hanukiah or a Hanukkah menorah.
Hanukkah is the name of Hanukkah. In Hebrew it is spelled חֲנֻכָּה
There are no traditional colors for Hanukkah. But because of Influence by Christmas (namely the fact the Christmas has traditional colors), Jewish people took the colors of the Israeli Flag (blue and white) and made them Hanukkah colors. But this practice is only about 40 years old.