BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WLOS) — The first night of Chanukah began Sunday, Dec. 14, across the world, and in Black Mountain, the Center for the Arts held a community event called Tales of Chanukah.
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Storytellers helped celebrate the Jewish festival of lights, hoping it could help bring all people together this holiday season.
News 13 spoke with some of the storytellers about how the event could reach everyone, no matter their religion.
“I hope that they take away the fact that Hannukah is just as important of a holiday to those that celebrate it as Christmas is to some of us who celebrate Christmas, and then there’s Kwanzaa, of course, so I think that all of us celebrate together and it makes us all one,” said Donna Catton-Johnson, Storyteller at Tales of Chanukah.
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Chanukah lasts eight nights and ends on Dec. 22.
