Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday (Dec. 14), kicking off eight crazy nights of the festival of lights with prayers, menorah-lighting, dreidel games, chocolate coins and the singing of a number of traditional songs commemorating the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem following the outmanned Maccabean revolt against their Greek/Syrian oppressors.

While the joyous holiday is often embodied by the eight-slotted menorah and the nightly lighting of colorful candles signifying the miracle of a single day’s-worth of oil lasting eight days, it is also a time to crank up some music to celebrate the emergence of light in the darkness.

Sure, Christmas has top-billing around this time of year thanks to such indelible holiday standards as Mariah Carey’s inescapable “All I Want For Chris

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