Though Hanukkah doesn’t start until sundown of Dec. 25 this year, the day marks only the second time this century that the Jewish festival of lights and Christmas align. As Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day, Jews celebrate Hanukkah – the miracle of the oil in the Second Temple of Jerusalem 2,059 years ago, when consecrated oil was expected to make it through a single night but lasted instead for eight nights. The holiday represents the triumph of light over darkness and the restoration of Jewish religious freedom.