The first half of this lovely story illustrated  in soft colors describes the coming of winter in nature with snow and wild animals in their dens.Then the story branches off to people making paper decorations, singing special songs, baking cookies and other special foods. Finally, “Hanukkah is Here!”

This book could easily be used for compare and contrast Hanukkah and Christmas by simply substituting the word Christmas for Hanukkah. Then asking if this is true for Christmas as well as for Hanukkah. This activity could be as simple or as complex as the group doing the comparing and contrasting is ready for.