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* ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'': The holiday special "Deck the Halls" covers Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, with a segment about Las Posadas too. In the Hanukkah portion of the special, Ben is dismayed to learn that Jody doesn't celebrate Christmas and tries to bring her into the festivities by putting her menorah on the Christmas tree. Jody has to explain to him that Christmas just isn't her holiday and the Hanukkah has its own special traditions.
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* [[https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/scenes-from-a-hallmark-hanukkah-movie-written-by-someone-who-has-definitely-met-a-jew This piece]] from ''[=McSweeney=]’s'' gives a script of a Hallmark Hanukkah movie that's "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial written by someone who has definitely met a Jew]]". It simultaneously parodies [[SugarWiki/AHallmarkPresentation Hallmark Christmas movies]] and many people's (re: American Christians) ignorance about Jewish culture and traditions.
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* ''Film/EightCrazyNights''In ''Film/FredClaus'', Fred drops in on a family celebrating Hanukkah on Christmas Eve Night. He wishes the family a Happy Hanukkah and they offer him some food before he heads back up the chimney.



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* In ''Film/FredClaus'', Fred drops in on a family celebrating Hanukkah on Christmas Eve Night. He wishes the family a Happy Hanukkah and they offer him some food before he heads back up the chimney.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Festival of Lights", Molly and her family celebrate Hanukkah with Libby. There's a power outage in town, but Libby's family bookstore manages to stay lit via a generator for eight hours; mirroring the real Hanukkah story. In those eight hours the show crams about every trope about Hanukah into ten minutes possible with the requisite dreidel game, attention drawn to the traditional fried food via song, a spoken word poem on the story of Hanukkah, a spelling bee referencing the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS 16 acceptable spellings of the holiday]], someone who drifted from the faith being inspired to reconnect by the menorah, and even a flashback montage of Libby's ancestors fleeing persecution to arrive to America with generations lighting the candles.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Festival of Lights", Molly and her family celebrate Hanukkah with Libby. There's a power outage in town, but Libby's family bookstore manages to stay lit via a generator for eight hours; mirroring the real Hanukkah story. In those eight hours the show crams about every trope about Hanukah into ten minutes possible with the requisite dreidel game, attention drawn to the traditional fried food via song, a spoken word poem on the story of Hanukkah, a spelling bee referencing the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS [[InconsistentSpelling 16 acceptable spellings of the holiday]], someone who drifted from the faith being inspired to reconnect by the menorah, and even a flashback montage of Libby's ancestors fleeing persecution to arrive to America with generations lighting the candles.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': The episode "A Rugrats Chanukah" features several characters, mostly the elderly ones, participating in a stage rendition of the Chanukah story. The babies, overhearing Grandpa Boris complaining that his childhood rival doesn't know "the meaning of Chanukah", think the guy is "the meanie of Chanukah" and is out to get Boris.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': The episode "A Rugrats Chanukah" "[[Recap/RugratsS4E1Chanukah Chanukah]]" features several characters, mostly the elderly ones, participating in a stage rendition of the Chanukah story. The babies, overhearing Grandpa Boris complaining that his childhood rival doesn't know "the meaning of Chanukah", think the guy is "the meanie of Chanukah" and is out to get Boris.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'' episode "The Hanukkah Problem", Peg and Cat celebrate Hanukkah with Albert Einstein, who was Jewish in real life.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'' episode "The Hanukkah Problem", Peg and Cat celebrate Hanukkah with Albert Einstein, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, who was Jewish in real life.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) gets a song verse.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) Creator/MarkHamill) gets a song verse.
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-->'''Critic:''' [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife We have Jimmy Stewart finding the will to live again]], you have Adam Sandler humping a car. [[Film/AChristmasCarol We have Ebenezer Scrooge donating to the cold and hungry]], you have deer eating shit. [[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas We have Charlie Brown realizing the importance of loving thy neighbor]], you have Creator/RobSchneider playing a stereotype so racist that Asians will be praying for the good old days of [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys Mickey Rooney in squinty eyes and buck teeth]]. I never knew the hardships that your people had to go through. I never knew the turmoil that you had to get past. I never knew the pain that you were suffering through... until I realized that this ass-hat is the cinematic face of your beloved holiday. I'm sorry. I'm just sorry.

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-->'''Critic:''' [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife We have Jimmy Stewart finding the will to live again]], you have Adam Sandler humping a car. [[Film/AChristmasCarol [[Literature/AChristmasCarol We have Ebenezer Scrooge donating to the cold and hungry]], you have deer eating shit. [[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas We have Charlie Brown realizing the importance of loving thy neighbor]], you have Creator/RobSchneider playing a stereotype so racist that Asians will be praying for the good old days of [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys Mickey Rooney in squinty eyes and buck teeth]]. I never knew the hardships that your people had to go through. I never knew the turmoil that you had to get past. I never knew the pain that you were suffering through... until I realized that this ass-hat is the cinematic face of your beloved holiday. I'm sorry. I'm just sorry.
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* One issue of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' tie-in comic involves Batman teaming up with Ragman to stop some real estate goons threatening a local synagogue around Hanukkah, and Ragman reconnecting with his Jewish heritage
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Festival of Lights", Molly and her family celebrate Hanukkah with Libby. There's a power outage in town, but Libby's family bookstore manages to stay lit via a generator for eight hours; mirroring the real Hanukkah story.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Festival of Lights", Molly and her family celebrate Hanukkah with Libby. There's a power outage in town, but Libby's family bookstore manages to stay lit via a generator for eight hours; mirroring the real Hanukkah story. In those eight hours the show crams about every trope about Hanukah into ten minutes possible with the requisite dreidel game, attention drawn to the traditional fried food via song, a spoken word poem on the story of Hanukkah, a spelling bee referencing the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS 16 acceptable spellings of the holiday]], someone who drifted from the faith being inspired to reconnect by the menorah, and even a flashback montage of Libby's ancestors fleeing persecution to arrive to America with generations lighting the candles.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'': "A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights" features Blue and Josh being invited to Periwinkle's house to celebrate Hanukkah.
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* ''Futurama'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) gets a song verse.

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* ''Futurama'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) gets a song verse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) gets a song verse.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'': ''Futurama'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) gets a song verse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'': In "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", the second segment is devoted to Bender's celebration of "Robanukah," which is loosely based on Hanukkah. Earlier in "Bender's Big Score," the characters are joined by the trio of Robot Santa, the Hanukkah Zombie, and Kwanzaa-bot to fight off the scammers, and the Hanukkah Zombie (voiced by Mark Hamill) gets a song verse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Downplayed in "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics," which mostly consists of the characters [[ChristmasEpisode singing Christmas songs]], but dedicates a segment to the Broflovskis singing "The Dreidel Song" and celebrating Hanukkah (except for Gerald, who randomly sings about [[CelebrityCrush his love for Courteney Cox]]).

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Downplayed in "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics," which mostly consists of the characters [[ChristmasEpisode singing Christmas songs]], but dedicates a segment to the Broflovskis Broflovskis, Stan, and Cartman singing "The Dreidel Song" and celebrating Hanukkah in counterpoint (except for Gerald, who randomly sings about [[CelebrityCrush his love for Courteney Cox]]).
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* The ''Creator/DisneyChannel'' Original Movie ''Full Court Miracle'' is one of the few DCOMS to focus on Hanukkah. A young Jewish boy wants to be a basketball player, while his parents insist he should become a doctor instead. During the BigGame (which takes place on one of the nights of Hanukkah) at the movie's end, the school generator gradually runs out of fuel and eventually has just enough power to last for a single minute; the OpposingSportsTeam of [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] tries to manipulate the situation by calling a time out and running out the clock. In a reference to the origins of the holiday, the generator miraculously stays running long enough for the Jewish team to win the game.

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* The ''Creator/DisneyChannel'' Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Full Court Miracle'' is one of the few DCOMS to focus on Hanukkah. A young Jewish boy preteen wants to be a basketball player, while his parents insist he should become a doctor instead. During the BigGame (which takes place on one of the nights of Hanukkah) at the movie's end, the school generator gradually runs out of fuel and eventually has just enough power to last for a single minute; the OpposingSportsTeam of [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] tries to manipulate the situation by calling a time out and running out the clock. In a reference to the origins of the holiday, the generator miraculously stays running long enough for the Jewish team to win the game.
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* The ''Creator/DisneyChannel'' Original Movie ''Film/FullCourtMiracle'' is one of the few DCOMS to focus on Hanukkah. A young Jewish boy wants to be a basketball player while his parents insist he should become a doctor instead. During the BigGame at the movie's end, the school generator gradually runs out of fuel and eventually has just enough power to last for a single minute, which the OpposingSportsTeam of [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] tries to manipulate by taking a time out. In a reference to the origins of the holiday, the generator miraculously stays running long enough for the Jewish team to win the day.

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* The ''Creator/DisneyChannel'' Original Movie ''Film/FullCourtMiracle'' ''Full Court Miracle'' is one of the few DCOMS to focus on Hanukkah. A young Jewish boy wants to be a basketball player player, while his parents insist he should become a doctor instead. During the BigGame (which takes place on one of the nights of Hanukkah) at the movie's end, the school generator gradually runs out of fuel and eventually has just enough power to last for a single minute, which minute; the OpposingSportsTeam of [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] tries to manipulate the situation by taking calling a time out. out and running out the clock. In a reference to the origins of the holiday, the generator miraculously stays running long enough for the Jewish team to win the day.game.

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