#referenced a 1910s menorah

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Giving a bit of love to the jewish girlies for the turn of the century au

Happy Hanukkah! It wasn’t as big of a holiday in the 1910s as it is now for jewish people, especially compared to Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, with most just lighting the menorah and reading the story of Maccabees. It was a celebration mostly for families with kids with small gifts for children, but few temple services outside of very zealous communities. Many jewish shops wouldn’t even close early for it. After WWII it became a much more important holiday as the story of the Maccabees was a source of great cultural pride, relatability, and hopeful resilience in the face of loss for those who survived the nazi persecution in Europe during the war. Perhaps as teens/young adults with busy lives and no kids of their own, Kitty and Wanda may not have observed it in the early 1910s outside of lighting candles, but for any Jewish followers I have, I wanted to make sure you got to feel represented too right now as Christmas is quite literally going on at the same time as Hanukkah this year, it may feel like its overshadowing it more than previous years. Sorry… ^^; fun fact! In the year 1910, Hanukkah happened from dec 25th jan 2nd just like this year!