Jerusalem

Traditional foods

• Traditional Hanukkah foods are fried in oil, for the oil represents the burning of the oil lamps.
• Many family's will eat fried potato pancakes, or they will eat deep fried jelly-filled doughnuts.

The importance of Jesus

• Jerusalem is the place were many important events in the life of Jesus, and his disciples lives of helping Jesus.
• Israel is were Jesus was crucified; he rose from his grave in Jerusalem.

The oil lamps

• Whenever, you go to the square in Jerusalem on Christmas day you can watch the oil lamps burn.
• People gather to see, while the oil lamps burn.

Weather

• As though snow, starts in November it lasts all the way till April.
• Since the, weather there is very cold most people stay inside.

Gifts

• Unless the, streets are snowed out, then the vendors will still sell things all day.
• If you were good, you could get a wooden jewelery box, or blesing jewlery

The square

• As people gather at the square, they start to light the oil lamps.
• As long as people get to the square in time, they can see the lighting of the oil lamps and, the parade.

Street Vendors

• After Christmas the street vendors, will still sell let over Christmas iteams.
• In Jerusalem when, Christmas coms many people flood the streets to buy gifts.