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Hanukkah Harry

Hanukkah Harry is the Jewish counterpart of Santa Claus.

Hanukkah Harry is portrayed as a thin, bespectacled man in a vest, with a short grey beard. During the eight days of Hannukah, he rides in his flying wagon (pulled by donkeys) from place to place to give presents to children. During the rest of the year, he lives at his factory on Mount Sinai, together with his toy-making workers. Traditionally, the names of his donkeys are Moshe, Herschel, and Shlomo.

He is reportedly eight times as busy as Santa, and with less help.

He has featured in a SNL skit (voiced by Jon Lovitz), and in the not-very-popular movie Hanukkah Harry Saves Christmas.

A semi-popular song about him is the Hanukkah Harry Song.

 

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