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Hanukkah, despite being a relatively minor Jewish holiday (indeed it is a festival, not a holy day), has, in the broader culture, become "Jewish Christmas," even though religiously it's not nearly as important as Christmas.

by /u/kahntemptuous in /r/AskHistorians

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