Chrismukkah: A Season of Hope and Miracles

Where Faiths Unite to Celebrate Light, Love, and Renewal

Lovingly written by our own MWC and Widow Life Wister® Jenn Fortune, Messianic Minister

It’s Chrismukkah! As our world and hearts long for hope and miracles, two fitting holidays converge. On 12/25/2024, Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same day. Whether or not you celebrate or spiritually align with these two holidays, beautiful takeaways come from the light, beauty, and mystical reasons for this season.

One is a time to honor our Savior’s birth, which brings hope and salvation to the world. The other gives us 8 nights to celebrate and remember the miracle of a single flask of oil, only enough for one night, which miraculously lasted 8 nights and became a beacon for the Jewish people of hope amid great wars and oppression through the centuries.

Both honor heartwarming traditions of love, family, joy, gratitude, service, blessings, and remembrance... all beautiful gifts to the soul and the world. One of the most defining and special elements is the “Light” of hope. Whether you adorn a tree, your home, or personal spaces with twinkling lights, stand under the stars and admire the vastness and miracle of creation, or light the candles and remember what you hold dear in your heart and soul, there is Light inside and surrounding you. Light brings warmth to the chill of the air or a memory. It flickers as an ember waiting for the breath of hope and inspiration to fan it into a flame. Light ignites others who walk a similar journey, see your twinkle, and find inspiration there. It shines in ways you may not know this world needs through your eyes, tenderness, and soul. We give and hold on to Light for the love we once knew and will always hold dear inside our souls.

If you need and hope for a miracle this season, believe in it. 6 years ago, a silent killer threatened to snuff out my ember. I held on to the desire for a miracle in the upcoming Hanukkah season. On day 1 of Hanukkah, I discovered the source of my illness, my body began healing, and I embarked on a spiritual life journey that led me to become one of the very few women Messianic Jewish Rabbis in the world.

Do you feel like an ember? Or a snuffed flame? You could be in a full, magnificent glow! Wherever you are this season, know others treasure and see your Light. The world needs your Light.

Do something beautifully significant this year on a special day when two amazing, soul-inspiring holidays collide. Light a candle, put up some twinkle lights, and make a heartwarming cup of whatever brings your soul warmth. Light someone else’s candle with yours.

Discover the miracle of the 8 nights of Hanukkah as one candle, the middle one elevated on the Hanukkiah (Hanukkah menorah), lights the other candles each night until the 8th night is complete. The number 8 means new beginnings.