Tom Snider and his crew at Snider Brothers Holiday Lighting start stringing strands of Christmas lights down at The Broadmoor way back during the summer months, and it’s no wonder. With over 325 ...

Opinion Opinion columnists Column: As Christmas and Hanukkah coincide, let there be holiday lights ... People walk by Christmas decorations along Reese Way in Torrance, California, on Dec. 19, 2023.

We have learned over the years that putting up Christmas lights in the freezing cold of 15 degrees, or a blinding snowstorm, is not an enjoyable or safe activity.

We have learned over the years that putting up Christmas lights in the freezing cold of 15 degrees, or a blinding snowstorm, is not an enjoyable or safe activity.

No amount of sugar-coated Christmas candies or beautiful Christmas lights can cover the fact that our world is often ugly and dirty. Bad things happen, often to good people.

I can still recall colored lights shining through the 18-inches of snow, dumped by the “Great Christmas Eve blizzard” of 1950. The Allgauers also continued to decorate, but a bit more modestly.

For Jewish families, embracing holiday lights doesn’t have to mean celebrating Christmas. It can be a way of enhancing our own traditions with a universal symbol of hope and illumination.