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7 best Hanukkah movies, ranked
Dec 24, 2024
Celebrate Chanukah by watching these great movies about the festival of lights
There are probably thousands of different Christmas movies floating around out there. But when it comes to Hanukkah-themed entertainment, films are noticeably scarcer. Just as Adam Sandler once famously noted the lack of popular Hanukkah music with “The Hanukkah Song,” finding a proper Hanukkah movie to watch during the holidays can be a tall order.
Slowly but surely, however, this is starting to change, with even Lifetime and Hallmark embracing the Chanukah fun. Here are some of the best Hanukkah movies you can check out to help get into the holiday season.
7. 'All I Want Is Christmas'
It can be tough to be a Jewish kid celebrating Hanukkah when you’re surrounded by Santa-worshipping classmates who have the glamour and excitement of Christmas to look forward to. "All I Want Is Christmas" (also known as "Switchmas" or "Ira Finkelstein's Christmas") revolves around Ira Finkelstein (Elijah Nelson), a boy desperately trying to find a way out of being sent to Florida to visit his grandparents for Hanukkah.
He finds it when — in a move not unlike something we might see from Kevin in "Home Alone" — he secretly trades plane tickets with another boy, Mikey (Justin Howell), and ends up on his way to a festival town in Washington, appropriately named Christmastown. Over the course of "All I Want Is Christmas," both Ira and Mikey get a chance to experience different holiday traditions and decide for themselves if the grass is truly greener on the other side of the Hanukkah/Christmas fence.
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