There are about 1.5 billion Christians in the world who celebrate Christmas.
But there are only about 14 million Jews in the world, most of which celebrate Hanukkah.
Clearly, Christmas is more popular.
It's a relatively minor one. Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are all more important.
the most important holiday of the jewish religion is hanukkah
lighting the menorah
lighting the menorah
The Hanukkah-menorah (candelabra).
The last day has a special name (Zos Hanukkah), but otherwise is no different than any other day of Hanukkah.
No, it iss one of the minor holidays.
There are several ways to spell the Jewish holy day, the most used is probably "Hanukkah". (see related question)
there are eight. the evening entering into the eighth day is the last celebrated night of hanukkah, while the evening at the end of the eighth day is not part of hanukkah.
Yes.
Each day of Hanukkah, an additional candle is lit on the menorah.
Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of the oil that lasted for 8 days. Some things we usually do are: -Light candles every night, with the blessings. -Make latkes (potato pancakes) fried in oil. -(Non-traditional): Give presents, but that is only in spirit of the other winter holidays. More traditional is the giving of Hanukkah gelt to children. It should be noted that Hanukkah is NOT the most important holiday in Judaism, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are. And Dreidels are not the most important item.
No. Hanukkah is a minor holiday (similar in importance to Labor day or Memorial day). People don't usually travel for it. However, it is a custom to light the Hanukkiah (menorah) with as many members of the household present as possible.