Well, the world’s falling apart out there, I have officially eaten my weight in Twix bars, and I am slowly but surely morphing into this dog wrapped in a towel, so I figured I’d come on here and share my Hanukkah playlist.
But really, after all we’ve been through these past few days, I feel like we all need a reason to gather ’round the proverbial fireplace and warm our souls with the sweet, sweet sounds of…Hanukkah.
By the way, I initially had this really cute idea to include you guys, my lovely readers, by asking you to share your favorite Hanukkah songs with me over on Instagram. The responses I got ranged from “I guess that NPR Hanukkah album” to “what is this ‘favorite Hanukkah song’ of which you speak” to “the NPR album” and even “look up the NPR album.”
So. That was somewhat unhelpful and also alarmingly homogeneous.
But I still love you.
In the end, I decided to just throw caution to the wind and do my own thing! Hopefully the result makes you as happy as it makes me. It’s a collection of beautiful Hanukkah songs along with Hanukkah-adjacent songs, Hanukkah-adjacent-ish songs, and songs that just feel like the holiday to me.
Happy listening! Here’s to getting through the rest of the week in one piece.