Happy Hanukkah 2024 (5875) from Detroit!

Happy Hanukkah! For this year's festival of lights, I'm returning to a theme I haven't used since 2018, Hanukkah celebrations in Michigan. Watch CBS Detroit report Menorah in the D returns to downtown Detroit.

It's the first time since 2005 that the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, and there were celebrations all throughout the area. For over a decade, Metro Detroit's Jewish community has come together at Campus Martius on the first night of Hanukkah for Menorah in the D. This is the 14th year Menorah in the D has taken place in downtown Detroit, and organizers said they hope this tradition continues to grow year after year.

Ah, the events I missed during the pandemic and also not waiting the next morning to post about them!

WDIV/Click On Detroit showed more in Detroit celebrates Hanukkah with 'Menorah in the D'.

Detroit celebrated Hanukkah with the annual Menorah in the D event.

WDIV previewed last night's celebration in Dare to be the light: Menorah in the D 2024.


I looked like everyone was having fun, including the dancer in the dreidel costume.

That concludes the holiday posts until New Year's Eve. Stay tuned for year-end retrospectives. What did you think were the best and worst of 2024?