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Originally Posted by apd76
I'm a Catholic who grew up in a mixed Jewish, Italian, Irish neighborhood in Brooklyn. As a kid in the 1960s I remember the 'Ch' spelling being more common. Today it seems the 'H' spelling is more common. Funny story - while of course not part of Catholic teaching we learned the Hannukah story in my Catholic school because so many kids were curious about it in the days when every house had either Christmas lights or a Menorah in the window.
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Cool. Not sure why on the Ch -> H, but interesting on the "everyone has lights" situation..