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I’m spending Ḥanukkah In Santa Monica. Wearing sandals, Lighting candles By the sea. I spent Shevuos In East St. Louis, A charming spot But clearly not The spot for me. | |
Those Eastern winters, I can’t endure ’em, So ev’ry year I pack my gear And come out here Till Purim. | |
Rosh Hashonah I spend in Arizonah, And Yorn Kippuh [Southern accent] Way down in Mississippuh, But in December there’s just one place for me. | |
Amid the California flora I’ll be lighting my menorah, Like a baby in his cradle I’ll be playing with my dreidel, Here’s to Judas Maccabeus, Boy, if he could only see us, Spending Ḥanukkah In Santa Monica By the sea. |
“[I’m Spending] Hanukkah in Santa Monica” by Tom Lehrer was first written at the request of Garrison Keillor for his radio show The American Radio Company on which it was performed twice, in 1990 and 1992. The song was later released on the album, Bible & Beyond (Larry Milder, 1999). The first recording of Tom Lehrer singing his song can be heard on The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Disc 3) (2000). In 2022, Tom Lehrer gave an enormous Ḥanukkah present to the world, dedicating his entire oeuvre to the Public Domain including this song.
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“Chabad in S. Monica (Chabad on 17th), kicked off the Hanukkah holiday celebration with a large group of community members, visitors, and tourists, on the west end of the Pier.” (Chabad in Santa Monica, Ḥanukkah 5783/2022)(This image is set to automatically show as the "featured image" in category lists and in shared links on social media.)
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