Hanukkah is the festival of lights where families come together and celebrate with a feast and lots of music they celebrate with lighting a menorah (which is the candle holder) and they light a candle each day, there are 8 candles therefore the hanukkah holiday go for 8 days where the family are all together celebrating and having fun. Hanukkah is celebrated on the 25th day of the month Kislev in the Jewish calendar. Kislev is usually around the same time as November-December.