Hanukkah begins Wednesday. Here are ways to celebrate in the state [Video]

COME ON DOWN. I’M JIM KEITHLEY FOR MAINE’S TOTAL COVERAGE.” IT’S A BUSY WEEK FOR HOLIDAYS. KWANZAA, THE CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE, STARTS THURSDAY. AND THIS YEAR– THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH AND CHRISTMAS ARE ON THE SAME DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005. BONNIE BISHOP HAS MORE ON THE CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT MAINE OVER THE NEXT EIGHT NIGHTS… HANUKKAH’S EIGHT-DAY CELEBRATION COMMEMORATES THE MIRACLE OF THE OIL IN THE TEMPLE. IT IS SAID THERE WAS ONLY ENOUGH TO LAST ONE DAY, BUT ENDED UP LASTING EIGHT. 00:04:33-00:04:40 THAT’S WHY WE HAVE HANUKKAH FOR EIGHT DAYS, TO REPRESENT THE EIGHT DAYS OF THE MIRACLE THAT THE OIL LASTED SO LONG. THE HOLIDAY OFFICIALLY STARTS AT SUNDOWN ON DECEMBER 25TH AND MANY WILL BE LIGHTING THE FIRST CANDLE ON THEIR OWN MENORAHS TOMORROW. 00:09:24-00:09:48 WE LEARN FROM THE LIGHTS OF THE CANDLE, THE FLICKING OF THE CANDLE, THAT A …