Happy Hanukkah

To any Jewish readers of the Blue Truck out there, Chag Sameach from your Head Trucker.

In honor of the occasion, a couple of videos from the White House, where the Obamas hosted a Hanukkah dinner on December 9th:

For Hanukkah: Nehirim

Just a little holiday greeting for any Jewish truckbuddies out there. I don't really know much about Hanukkah besides lighting a menorah, but I stumbled across this very nice video about an LGBT Jewish group, which is my offering for the season:



Living here in the Deep South all my life, I've not known more than half a dozen Jews - though of course I realize, I may have been acquainted with more than that and simply never knew their religion. But all the ones I did know were very cool people.

And then there was the Jewish guy from South Africa I dated all one summer who was a stud and a half . . . but that's another story.

Sunday Drive: Looks a Lot like Christmas

The roommate and I finally had time today to get some holiday decorations done and put the tree up. We bought a six-foot artificial one a couple of weeks ago, and for various reasons, it's the first time in years either of us has had such a big tree for the holidays. Our theme is "let it snow," complete with blue and white snowflake lights. Didn't turn out too bad; the effect in a dark room is kinda cool.

At this point in life, the holidays don't thrill me much. But my roommate's the creative type - with a full set of power tools - so it's fun helping him. Tonight we're having the big Xmas dinner with his grown kids and their significant others, so the kitchen is a wreck right now. But he's a great cook, so it should be scrumptious as usual.

And for all our Jewish friends out there, Happy Hanukkah! Here's a neat card I came across at Cafe Press. Enjoy.