Solstice

So many of our different traditional religious mid-winter holidays have one thing in common: the desire to light a candle to chase away the darkness. Tonight is the shortest night of the year. It's also the seventh night of Hanukah. All around Sharon, housesand trees are decorated with colorful strings of lights, along with Santas, reindeer, snowmen and more - fanciful or tacky, glorious or garish, take your pick, but they all have the same purpose: to celebrate, and to brighten. Our tradition is simple: we put our lit menorahs in the window to do our part to bring light to the dark of winter.