People love tweeting about many aspects of the holiday season ― from company parties to Secret Santa gift exchanges to classic movies. For families who celebrate Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights offers its own kind of Twitter fodder.
We’ve rounded up 25 funny and relatable tweets about Hanukkah from parents who celebrate the holiday, as well as those simply trying to explain it to their children.
I don’t think the architects of Hanukkah considered the long term psychological effects of giving a toddler a present every night. For eight consecutive nights.
— WTFDAD (@daddydoubts) December 11, 2018
We’ve got a monster on our hands.
A parent's Hanukkah miracle is having barely enough patience to survive one night of a holiday that involves open flames, yet somehow making it through eight of them.
— Housewife of Hell (@HousewifeOfHell) December 7, 2018
Dad, do we celebrate Hanukkah?
— Tim (@Playing_Dad) December 3, 2014
"No, honey that's a Jewish holiday."
My friend Jake celebrates it but he's not Jewish, he's a vegetarian.
6yo just decorated a cardboard menorah my mum gave him for Chanukah.
— MumInBitsmas (@MumInBits) December 9, 2018
There was glitter.
My mum and I are no longer on speaking terms.
Our youngest said she’s learning about Hanukkah in school so I’ve been showing her pictures of the Hanukkah Armadillo so she can ask about it tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/IuH1tzjJy3
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) December 20, 2018
My kids are a quarter Jewish, so they'll only get gifts on two nights of Hanukkah.
— Abe Yospe (@Cheeseboy22) November 29, 2017
Kid: grandma and grandpa are coming for Hanukkah and bringing guilt.
— Emily Oster (@ProfEmilyOster) December 17, 2019
Me: you mean gelt
Also me: yup.
Nothing and I mean NOTHING prepares you for the day your 10yo tells you he wants a ball warmer for Hanukkah.
— Snarky Mommy (@SnarkyMommy78) December 3, 2019
My son asked for his Hanukkah gifts a week early so he can enjoy them before Armageddon. The nature/nurture argument continues.
— JennyPentland (@JennyPentland) November 3, 2012
My 9 y/o and 12 y/o are watching Elf while decorating Hanukkah cards for their grandparents. I want to see Will Ferrel play a Macabee in a Jewish remake. 🙏🏿🔥
— Bunmi Laditan (@HonestToddler) December 2, 2018
Hanukkah Mom Nightmare: You wake up in a cold sweat thinking you only got each kid 7 gifts instead of 8. #KeepingTabsOn @Luvs @TheBlogU
— Nicole Leigh Shaw (@NicoleLeighShaw) December 10, 2015
In the time honored tradition of the third night of Hanukkah, our son was left incredibly disappointed.
— WTFDAD (@daddydoubts) December 6, 2018
For a Hanukkah gift, I'm gonna assemble my son's birthday present from July.
— JennyPentland (@JennyPentland) December 20, 2014
My 12 y/o just gave me a Hanukkah card. “You’re not perfect, but nobody is.” Thank you... 😂 🧡#HappyHanukkah pic.twitter.com/8Lx8YGQSiU
— Bunmi Laditan (@HonestToddler) December 2, 2018
I guess Jesus was the first kid that got to celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) December 9, 2011
My next door neighbor growing up had a Catholic dad & a Jewish mom and got gifts for Hanukkah AND Christmas without ever setting foot inside a church or a synagogue. It angers me to this day!
— Dad and Buried (@DadandBuried) December 3, 2018
A conversation between boys who celebrate Chanukah:
— Sandy Rustin (@SandyRustin) December 7, 2013
4yo: Is Santa real?
8yo: No.
4yo: So, he just walks through the door?
“Imagine an iPhone lasting eight nights on one charge”
— Daniel Lin (@danwlin) December 8, 2015
- Me, explaining Hanukkah to my daughter
A lil Hanukkah story: my dad is taking pics of my kids playing dreidel in our haunted museum and there's white blurs over all the photos.
— JennyPentland (@JennyPentland) December 19, 2014
6: How many days til Chtistmas
— The Alex Nevil, Thanksgiver (@TheAlexNevil) November 23, 2015
Me: 32. But remember: you have to behave or Santa doesn't bring presents
6: What if we try Hanukkah?
Last night I gave my kid a Nintendo Switch for Hanukkah so I can play it. Tonight I’m giving my wife a cigar ashtray and my daughter gets a bottle of Maker’s Mark.
— (((Josh Malina))) (@JoshMalina) December 14, 2017
The best part of having a family that celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah is that everyone is so busy arguing about how to spell “Hanukkah” and whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie that nobody mentions politics.
— The Dad (@thedad) December 26, 2021
My son was so excited to ride the Polar Express. Loved talking to Santa and was so excited to confirm the reindeers and sleigh were on the roof of the train. As Santa wished everyone in the car a Merry Christmas, my 3yo gleefully shouted “Happy Hanukkah, Santa!!!”
— Catherine Hines (@catkemp) December 21, 2019
Two out of three of my children know we celebrate Hanukkah. Any of you want to break it to the third kid? Reward.
— Cuppy (@runawaycupcake) November 3, 2012
Other kids sang "Girl on Fire" as they lit the Chanukah candles tonight, right?
— MarinkaNYC (@MarinkaNYC) December 3, 2013
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