It is Almost Time To Celebrate Chanukah

Dear Jews of the blogosphere,

This time of year it is impossible to surf the net without being caught up in and covered in tinsel and mistletoe. Every other post is a tale about Christmas past, present and future. There is nothing wrong with that and I don’t begrudge a post or ten for those who celebrate the day.

But I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t make an effort to reach out to my fellow MOTs to let you know that this year the blogosphere is going to be rocked by a special blogging event we’ll call #HanukkahHoopla. It is going to be a festival of blog posts about Chanukah. It was organized by my friend Renee and I am very happy to be a part of it.

Here is what you need to know:

Writers Line Up:

Candle 1:

12/20 Leah’s Thoughts @leahs_thoughts21

12/20 Ima On (and Off)The Bima @imabima31

Candle 2:

12/21 Nina Badzin’s Blog @ninabadzin25

12/21 Diary of a Paper Princess @RishonaMyers11

Candle 3:

12/22 The Monster in Your Closet @deb_bryan12

12/22 Kvetchmom @jlweinberg

Candle 4:

12/23 Lessons From Teachers and Twits @rasjacobson11

12/23 My Life in The Married Lane @rivkisilver11

Candle 5:

12/24 TheJackB @thejackb57

12/24 Erin Margolin @erinmargolin62

Candle 6:

12/25 These Little Waves @galitbreen38

12/25 CiaoMom @ciaomom46

Candle 7:

12/26 The Culture Mom @theculturemom49

12/26 I wish my mom @sharistein11

Candle 8:

12/27 Frume Sarah’s World @frumesarah38

12/27 Aprons & Blazers @OpenRoadMama28

But wait, there is more. As part of the festivities we are going to have a little giveaway for you to partake of:

We are fortunate to have sponsorship for our series! Streit’s and Mama Doni, the lead singer/songwriter of The Mama Doni Band, have provided each of us with a little #HanukkahHoopla gift pack including:

Mama Doni’s 2011 Parents’ Choice Award-winning CD, Shabbat Shaboom
a Mama Doni poster
a Download card for free Mama Doni songs (1 Chanukah song and 1 Passover song)
a Bag of Streit’s chocolate Hanukkah gelt.

And now if you will excuse me I have to run buy more potatoes and a brisket. Ooh, my mouth is watering at the thought of it all.