THE EIGHT DAYS OF CHANUKKAH
FOR OUR YEARLY CHANUKKAH CELEBRATIONS, MY WIFE AND I, MANY YEARS AGO DEVISED THE WORDS TO A SONG COMMEMORATING SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FEAST OF DEDICATION (CHANUKKAH).
SINCE WE BELIEVE THAT ‘WITHOUT CHANUKKAH THERE WOULD BE NO CHRISTMAS‘, WE WERE PROVOKED TO USE THE MUSIC OF ‘THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS’ AND WROTE SOME WORDS FOR OUR CHANUKKAH SONG, TO ACCOMPANY THIS BEAUTIFUL MELODY.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:
ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHANUKKAH MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME A PICTURE OF JUDAH MACCABEE
ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHANUKKAH MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME TWO POTATO LATKES AND A PICTURE OF JUDAH MACCABEE
ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHANUKKAH MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME THREE STARS OF DA YID, TWO POTATO LATKES AND A PICTURE OF JUDAH MACCABEE
ETC, ETC, ETC, … UNTIL YOU REACH THE EIGHTH DAY
MAZOL TOY (GOOD LUCK) AND THE LORD HIMSELF BLESS YOU.
SHALOM,
DR. AND MRS. ELIAS E. HIDALGO
Credits: The authors for the words and music for the Twelve Days of Christmas are unknown. The words to the Eight Days of Chanukkah authored by Dr. and Mrs. Hidalgo. the artwork rendered by: Amer Olson and J.A.Molloy