Season's Greetings From West Hartford

Published Dec. 24, 2008 at 8:57 p.m.


Noah Webster wishes you all a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy Hanukkah


Christ·mas

Pronunciation: \ˈkris-məs\...

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English Christemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse, literally, Christ's mass

Date: before 12th century

...1...: a Christian feast on December 25 or among some Eastern Orthodox Christians on January 7 that commemorates the birth of Christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday
...2...: christmastide

Ha·nuk·kah
Pronunciation: \ˈhä-nə-kə \
Variant(s): also Cha·nu·kah or Ha·nu·kah
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew ḥănukkāh dedication
Date: 1843

1 : an 8-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after its defilement by Antiochus of Syria

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