Personal Narrative: What Hanukkah Means To Me

What Hanukkah means to me!

When I think of Hanukkah I mostly think of three things Family, the Maccabees and all the games that you get to play. During my Hanukkah dinner with my family we always have so much fun and it is always a great memory. When I hear stories over and over again they usually get boring but not the story about the Maccabees. The story about the Maccabees is probably the best story that I have ever heard. When I first started learning about Hanukkah I was very little, and what gets the attention of little kids better than games. My teacher first taught us about all the games that you play on Hanukkah and I was so amazed that during this holladay we get to play so many amazing games, we get to spin the dreidel and not

only spin the dreidel, we get to spin the dreidel to see who wins more Gelt.The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Hanukkah is being with my family. Me and my family always have a big dinner with each other and it’s always so much fun. We always have great food. When my family get’s together everybody always brings a special present and we play secret Maccabee, it’s like secret santa but since we are Jewish we use the Maccabees instead. When I know that Hanukkah is close I always beg my parents to buy a lot of dreidels and gelt so we can start playing early because it is so much fun. They usually say no, but I always end up finding dreidels from last year and use nuts instead of gelt. Me and my family always learn about the Maccabees and how they defeated the evil Greeks. The Maccabees have inspired me and so many people by showing that you don’t need to be bigger to win and that miracles are possible. I really hope you enjoyed reading about what Hanukkah means to me.