It was either last year or the year before, but it rained all Xmas week and on Xmas Dan and I decided to get out of the house, and, much to our surprise, we found a Chinese restaurant open. Now we know who all those people in there were!

It sounds like you are having a great Hanukkah! I'm glad. If you like silly stuff, there's always Chrismukkah. They have a site, http://www.chrismukkah.com . I think it looks like great fun and am looking for fellow Chrismukkah-ers, but haven't found anybody so far (we're in the Bible belt, most people probably think it's a sin or something).