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The pressures of Christmas, however, have elevated Hanukkah for many Jewish families to eight days of celebration and gift-giving.
Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 165 B.C. of a small band of Jews, led by Judas Maccabaeus, over the Greeks who ruled Palestine at the time.
Parents could now assure children that Hanukkah wasn't a poor man's Christmas but was, in fact, a "better" holiday because it meant presents for eight days straight.
After World War II, as Jews moved with other Americans to suburbia, Hanukkah shored up its place as their No.
Strains of bad klezmer music and a portentous voice-over give way to clips of pop stars (played by SNL cast members) singing Hanukkah songs.