The menorah is lit in Burlington marking the first day of Hanukkah [Video]

then will unfold with chances of rain and areas of freezing rain possible beginning on Sunday. IT DOESN’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN… BUT TODAY…. CHRISTMAS DAY…IS ALSO THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. IT HAD DOZENS GATHERING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT GREEN. TO LIGHT THE LARGE MENORAH. NBC 5’S STEPHEN BIDDIX WAS THERE. HE JOINS US NOW IN THE NEWSROOM. WITH MORE OF THE CELEBRATION. STEPHEN… BRIAN IT’S THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005 CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH FALL ON THE SAME DAY. THE LIGHTING INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM TRADITIONAL JEWISH FOODS, TO SINGING AND FIRE DANCING. <lighting.> 17;41;12;27 <i love sitting at home and watching the candles burn.> on the u-v-m green… once the sun went down… it was time to light the big menorah and celebrate the start of hanukkah. <event> 17;40;27;17 <it’s really meaningful for the community to get out in the cold and celebrate Hanukkah openly and in the public …