Hanukkah Begins 2025. In 2024, hanukkah begins at sundown on december 25, and the celebration will continue for eight days, ending on january 2, 2025. While hanukkah normally comes near christmastime, it has nothing to do with christmas and is based in the history of judaism and of the jewish people.

Some traditions for families who celebrate might include lighting each day’s candle on the. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the second temple in jerusalem after its defilement by the seleucid greeks.