the Dreidel collection…

this collection belongs to a friend of mine. I’ve wanted to photograph it for years. I wish i had done the collection justice. wrong lens, low light. after seeing her collection…some are from Israel others from Ireland. the are gifted one each Chanukah for a wonderful grandmother. i started my own collection, mine are not…

bowl of gold…

yeah, i know, i forgot #3…anyway. lets talk about trash, shall we? I bought the wreath at the thrift store for $2.00. I bought the Chanukah gelt (and candy canes, they pick) for my art students to eat, but i ask they leave their trash with me because…geez, how often do you see GOLD tinfoil?!…

give your kids something to do…

over Winter break. This was made with a student who celebrates Chanukah. The same materials can be used to make Christmas ornaments. I’ll show those ideas soon…

Alabama’s biggest holiday is today

A celebration in which families come together to eat very unhealthy food & drink beer in plastic cups bearing their team’s logo. It is a holiday spent yelling-but not at one another, but at a television. The Alabama/Auburn game. Both colleges are in Alabama. Everyone has to like one or the other. I married an…

No Christmas & Chanukah mixing this year…instead

it will be Thanksgiving & Chanukah with a splash of football. So how does one decorate? Instead of blue & white Chanukah candles, it will be red, orange, yellow & brown candles.  I suppose I should be grateful I found some.

Chanukah & Christmas? yes, both. Sorry

my x husband is Catholic, but while married, we agreed we could raise them as Jews. i always felt so very guilty for having both holiday decorations set up. But the kids LOVED it & i do not blame them, twice the fun. Now i am divorced & the kids & i celebrate Hanukkah only….