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These two have the similarity that they both involve lighting candles and you also exchange gifts with each other. They are different because there are different reasons to celebrate them.

Not to mention that they are from two TOTALLY different cultures.

Answer:Hanukkah began 2200 years ago; Kwanzaa was invented in 1966.

Hanukkah has prayers, blessings and Torah-readings and is connected to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Hanukkah is Jewish.

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