Kids celebrate Hanukkah almost the same in all countries, but in the US, gift-giving is more common than it is outside the US.
Less than half a percent. Only Jewish people Celebrate Hanukkah, and there are only 14 million Jews in the world.
Slightly less than the percentage of Jews in each country (since Hanukkah is a Jewish festival and most but not all Jews celebrate it).
Because they are two completely different holidays with different meanings and different religions.You might as well ask why Ramadan is celebrated completely differently from the Chinese New Year.
No. The holiday of Hanukkah commemorates an even that happened about 2200 years ago. "Caveman" days were more than 25,000 years ago.
"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.Religious Jews ignore Christmas; it is simply not something of any importance to them in much the same way that Christians ignore Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, or Diwali (which are Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu holidays) because they are not relevant to their tradition. Jews hold that their savior is not yet born, so it would be improper to celebrate the birth of a false Messianic Candidate.
The last day has a special name (Zos Hanukkah), but otherwise is no different than any other day of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah in Argentina is no different than Hanukkah in America or Europe, since the majory of Argentinian Jews came from Europe in the early to mid 20th Century.
Hanukkah in Argentina is no different than Hanukkah in America or Europe, since the majory of Argentinian Jews came from Europe in the early to mid 20th Century.
Hanukkah is celebrated in almost the same way all over the world, but in the U.S. and Canada, gift giving is more popular than it is in Europe and other places outside North America.
Hanukkah is celebrated in almost the same way all over the world, but in the U.S. and Canada, gift giving is more popular than it is in Europe and other places outside North America.
Hispanic Jews, also known as Sephardic Jews, celebrate Hanukkah in much the same way as Ashenanzic (European) Jews do. However, there are a few differences: only the head of the household may light the menorah (among Ashkenazim, each person lights a menorah); the traditional songs differ (though many Sephardi Jews often sing the Ashkenazic Ma'oz Tzur nowadays) and they have a tradition of eating dairy rather than oil-fried foods.