Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah!!
It is a rare thing for Thanksgiving and the Hebrew holy day Hanukkah to occur on the same day. The last time that Hanukkah (on the traditional Hebrew Calendar) fell on the fourth Thursday of November was in 1861. But the crazy thing is that it will never happen again because the Hebrew Calendar is slowing drifting through the seasons so that Hanukkah (and all days) occur later every year. Hanukkah usually occurs about Christmas time. It turns out this year is the last time the two holidays coincide!!!!
Thanks to my astronomer friend and cousin for this insight.
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