Curious if you keep your decorations up through the New Year like many Christians? My Mr likes me to keep all the “sparkle” up even though it’s just us and has nothing to do with anything secular.
Happy Hanukkah 🕎 ✨. This is my first official year celebrating with my husband, I’ve done prior years on my own and prayerfully next year our family will be bigger 🙏🏼🥰✝️🕎. YAHWEH bless you all and keep you safe according to HIS Word in Psalm 91, amén
Sameach v'Chanukah. I know this seems kind of late. Please forgive me 🙏. I actually thought peeps weren't kosher. Hence the reason I don't buy them 😊. I haven't done any real cooking. I only boiled water for tea 🍵 and hot chocolate 🍫 to consume with my doughnuts 🍩🍩. I am sorry your video abruptly. I hope to see your latest video 🔜😊.
Making dough for sufganiyot isn’t terribly hard - the recipe I use does have the dough proof 3 times. It’s time consuming waiting but if you have a day when you’re home all day then it’s no big deal. So much better- my dough has VSOP brandy and rum and orange zest. And making homemade strawberry jam takes 15 minutes total time. 😊 super easy and sooooo delicious! Get very ripe strawberries- put in a food processor - make 3 cups. In a pot you put the water and corn starch. Mix it well until it’s smooth before it gets hot or you will have lumps. Add sugar and blended strawberries. Once it’s bubbling turn heat down to simmer and 5-10 minutes you’re done! Totally worth it if you ever have time. ❤
Hi Marion! As a bookseller at an independent bookstore and a former public library worker, I love how you had a 'Book Night' for Hanukkah! It was also fun to see glimpses of your celebration with your friend, including the sufganiyot! Happy Night 7 to you and your family!
We do it by size smallest to largest. This year I bought cheaper gifts and did my best to find sakes and clearance to stay within my daily limit per child. I told them all they would be getting niceties and nothing real big this year. All went well. So you’re right about the whole expectations idea and also about being home to cook…. I prefer my doughnuts to jelly. But this year I bought doughnuts I’m still hoping to make mine today as it is still technically Hanukkah until sundown.
I agree with explaining expectations. With Christmas we were taught at a young age that there is a limit with gift giving and that money doesn’t grow on trees which in turn gave us realistic expectations of the holidays and most importantly gratitude for what we have. I have enjoyed all of your Hanukkah videos and you do a wonderful job making the holiday special and fun for your family.
Hi Marion, I so hear you on navigating gifting expectations with kids. For two years now, I use @withlovefromima’s printable Hanukkah activity chart and put a ‘gift hint’ down for each day and stick it on the fridge. It has been a game changer. The kids know what to expect and it makes them much better behaved. (For instance, I’ll write down ‘crafty gift’ or ‘edible gift’ etc). I also have a cumulative system based on a cultural practice of my home country where the gifts get more ‘luxury’ the deeper into Hanukkah we go, saving the nicest gifts for the last day. My kids expect that and appreciate that. I also shamelessly gift ‘ordinary’ stuff like craft supplies and clothes: all of these cost money and it teaches them to appreciate them. And it ‘bulks’ out the total haul. So it looks like a lot, which is fun, and it teaches them appreciation for the obvious and expected. For the last two years, I did not gift any electronics and it’s been great. I also let them choose gift store gifts from museums etc when we are on vacation and I squirrel those away and add them to the pile. They then ‘rediscover’ the gift and love it all the more ❤ At the end of the day, I think it is the maturing, as you say. My oldest is 10 and my youngest is 4, so I am really starting to hit the sweet spot here :-) Thanks for initiating the conversation! Happy Hanukkah!
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HAPPY HANUKKAH 🕎 💓
Your kids are still young. It is good they are learning to say thank you. I know adults who don’t say thank you.
Curious if you keep your decorations up through the New Year like many Christians? My Mr likes me to keep all the “sparkle” up even though it’s just us and has nothing to do with anything secular.
I’m sad also. I’ve been loving your videos for Hanukkah. Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Jelly doughnuts!! My FAVORITE
The light fill your heart shalom my friend !!
Chanukah ended so quickly! I don’t think I had enough latkes. Definitely ate my share of donuts ha ha.
🌲💙🤍🌳💜❤🌲🌳HAPPY HANUKKAH 💥🕎💥BEAUTIFUL ~ MARION😃BRAVO🌳💙🤍💙
I appreciate your wisdom and joy!
Thank you so much ❤️ and I appreciate your kind words!
Happy Hanukkah 🕎 ✨. This is my first official year celebrating with my husband, I’ve done prior years on my own and prayerfully next year our family will be bigger 🙏🏼🥰✝️🕎. YAHWEH bless you all and keep you safe according to HIS Word in Psalm 91, amén
mazel tov on your new baby girl miri is so adorable
Sameach v'Chanukah. I know this seems kind of late. Please forgive me 🙏. I actually thought peeps weren't kosher. Hence the reason I don't buy them 😊. I haven't done any real cooking. I only boiled water for tea 🍵 and hot chocolate 🍫 to consume with my doughnuts 🍩🍩. I am sorry your video abruptly. I hope to see your latest video 🔜😊.
Making dough for sufganiyot isn’t terribly hard - the recipe I use does have the dough proof 3 times. It’s time consuming waiting but if you have a day when you’re home all day then it’s no big deal.
So much better- my dough has VSOP brandy and rum and orange zest. And making homemade strawberry jam takes 15 minutes total time. 😊 super easy and sooooo delicious! Get very ripe strawberries- put in a food processor - make 3 cups. In a pot you put the water and corn starch. Mix it well until it’s smooth before it gets hot or you will have lumps.
Add sugar and blended strawberries. Once it’s bubbling turn heat down to simmer and 5-10 minutes you’re done!
Totally worth it if you ever have time. ❤
Hi Marion! As a bookseller at an independent bookstore and a former public library worker, I love how you had a 'Book Night' for Hanukkah! It was also fun to see glimpses of your celebration with your friend, including the sufganiyot! Happy Night 7 to you and your family!
I completely agree with you. Explaining to a child what to expect is so incredibly helpful to help the child know what to expect.
We do it by size smallest to largest. This year I bought cheaper gifts and did my best to find sakes and clearance to stay within my daily limit per child. I told them all they would be getting niceties and nothing real big this year. All went well. So you’re right about the whole expectations idea and also about being home to cook…. I prefer my doughnuts to jelly. But this year I bought doughnuts I’m still hoping to make mine today as it is still technically Hanukkah until sundown.
Happy Hanukkah! Pizza is just fine. It’s your celebration, too. 🍕😀. From a non-Jewish fan. 🙏🏻
Also yes sad it’s over.
I'm curious about something. I was told if you're a female and you're on your period, you can't celebrate hanukkah. Is that true?
I'm not sure if Pillsbury pizza dough is kosher either.
Happy Hannukah 🕎✡️
Im so enjoying this visit with you and your family send best wishes 🇬🇧
I don't think that Peeps are kosher.
I agree with explaining expectations. With Christmas we were taught at a young age that there is a limit with gift giving and that money doesn’t grow on trees which in turn gave us realistic expectations of the holidays and most importantly gratitude for what we have. I have enjoyed all of your Hanukkah videos and you do a wonderful job making the holiday special and fun for your family.
Are Peeps kosher?
Happy Hanukkah 🕎❤
Sad yet adorable ❤
Happy Hanukkah.
Happy Hanukkah
Happy Hanukkah 🕎 💓 nice 📚 books ♥️🦋🦋🦋🌻🌻🌻🐝
HAPPY HAPPY ❤🎉
Hi Marion, I so hear you on navigating gifting expectations with kids.
For two years now, I use @withlovefromima’s printable Hanukkah activity chart and put a ‘gift hint’ down for each day and stick it on the fridge. It has been a game changer. The kids know what to expect and it makes them much better behaved. (For instance, I’ll write down ‘crafty gift’ or ‘edible gift’ etc).
I also have a cumulative system based on a cultural practice of my home country where the gifts get more ‘luxury’ the deeper into Hanukkah we go, saving the nicest gifts for the last day. My kids expect that and appreciate that. I also shamelessly gift ‘ordinary’ stuff like craft supplies and clothes: all of these cost money and it teaches them to appreciate them. And it ‘bulks’ out the total haul. So it looks like a lot, which is fun, and it teaches them appreciation for the obvious and expected.
For the last two years, I did not gift any electronics and it’s been great. I also let them choose gift store gifts from museums etc when we are on vacation and I squirrel those away and add them to the pile. They then ‘rediscover’ the gift and love it all the more ❤
At the end of the day, I think it is the maturing, as you say. My oldest is 10 and my youngest is 4, so I am really starting to hit the sweet spot here :-)
Thanks for initiating the conversation!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Hanukkah 🤍💙
No shame in pizza on Hanukkah or any night! ❤