Happy Hanukkah!

[bironic]

Or as roga charmingly put it, Ch/H/a/nn/n/u/k/kk/a/h, because who knows what the "correct" transliteration is?

Our house smells of potatoes and oil, I'm full of eggy/oniony/potato-y latkes and applesauce, the candles are ready for lighting, and there are presents waiting on the dining room table. It's warm inside, and dark and windy outside.

You've all probably read these, but here are some lovely Hanukkah fics from years past (since I haven't seen any yet this year....):

• Eight Hanukkah Candles Lisa Cuddy Lit by roga
• Potatoes by Kass (House drabble)
• Eight Days by Pru (House/Wilson)
• A Shining Star by daasgrrl (House/Wilson, Tritter era)
• …And I know there's one in SGA with Zelenka, but I can't remember it.

I was hoping to write one to add to the list, but, uh, that didn't happen. Just Spin from last year.

Please -- share your favorite Hanukkah fics in the comments!

Comments

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah! Yay, food! Family! Miraculous oil! Whee!

*generally celebratory*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

The holiday totally snuck up on me this year, and I've been working all day, but somehow, just making the latkes made my brain snap over into contentment/celebration mode. Yay!

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Holidays are awesome. Also, there's Pru's Eight Days, for your Hanukkah fic list.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Adding.

[walking-miracle.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah!

Looking at those fic titles made me wonder, has it ever been explained on House of which religion Cuddy's actually supposed to be? Just a little thing I now really want to know. and since I watched s1 and 2 as a marathon about a year ago (yay for holiday break! A good time to watch a few seasons of a TV show) some details didn't stick in my brain.

See, the feeling of contentment during this time of year is so connected with food! We were making cookies on Saturday, and even though the part me and my brother actually do something in only lasted for about 10 minutes (mom does the hard work of making the dough), I was in a good mood for the rest of the day

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It really is. First with the massive quantities of turkey and stuffing at Thanksgiving, and now with fried potatoes at Hanukkah. Heavy, warm, sleep-inducing food as the weather gets colder, and family spending time together cooking and eating it (and, uh, cleaning everything up afterwards).

has it ever been explained on House of which religion Cuddy's actually supposed to be?

Yup, Cuddy's Jewish. She's looked for matches on J-Date (a website for Jewish singles), she had a menorah in her office last year, and I'm sure House has made religious references/jokes at her expense that I'm forgetting, possibly including when she was looking for sperm donors. Plus -- not that it proves anything -- Lisa Edelstein's Jewish.

[walking-miracle.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up :)

I wish I could be in America for a Thanksgiving, just for the turkey! I'll make it some day..*dreams*

If there is one thing I love about December, it's the MASSIVE amount of family time. And all the lights everywhere..wish everybody would just keep those up until like late February/Early March, when it starts to get brighter again..

[purridot.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah!

Oh dear, I haven't sent off my card yet! I can't believe we are this far into December already *panics*

The setting you paint above sounds soooo comfortable!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

'Tis quite comfy (agrees my gurgling stomach), and it helps to focus on the positives in life for a while.

Thanks! *g* I've only sent out one card so far; had best get to the rest, before Hanukkah's over and everything else starts getting lost in the Christmas mail.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah!

The remix of "Eight Hanukkah Candles Lisa Cuddy Lit" also has a short Hanukkah section: Eight Festivals Lisa Cuddy Observed (Eight Hanukkah Candles Remix) by Kass

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

It does indeed. I almost included that one, but it feels (to me, anyway) more like a year-round Jewish holiday fic than a Hanukkah one. There should be a recs list for that. Then we could include Corgigirl's "Pesach," and Nightdog's Rosh Hashanah fic, and...

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

And roga's Ushpizzin.

*g*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

...Which is still on my to-read list. Gah.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's a wonderful story. You'll love it.

I too was hoping I could write a Hanukkah story in time for ... uh ... Hanukkah, but a lot of stuff just seemed to grind to a halt.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Hey, seven nights to go. If, uh, you needed encouragement. :)

A very happy holiday to you & Mr. Nightdog, by the way. Doing anything special for dinner?

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Nope, he's still in NYC and won't be back until late tomorrow night. So we'll count on our fingers and start lighting candles Thursday night. I need to get more candles anyway to supplement our leftovers, which are always the palest, most bent candles in the box.

In the meantime, I've put Lord of the Rings into the DVD player. Hey, it's about another small band of Good Guys ultimately triumphing over the Evil Doers.

... isn't it? *g*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yep. Now let's not get started trying to map SGA onto the LotR characters, yes?

Nope, he's still in NYC

Oh, right! Sorry. Candles all by his lonesome, I guess -- although NYC is pretty much the best place to be in the U.S. for a Jewish holiday. :)

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

Happy Hanukkah!

Reading your description of latkes has made my mouth water. They sound a lot like blini, which I think I'll try to persuade my brother to make this Christmas. (Last time we got together at my Dad's house, he cooked a big Polish meal complete with pierogi and blini. Yum!)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

*looks up blini*

Mmm, those look tasty. Latkes are closer to hash browns than pancakes, at least the way we make them (grated potato, chopped onion, salt and pepper, a little baking powder, and bread crumbs and egg to hold it together) but I can see the similarity. And blintzes, potato or cheese -- those were the next recipe in the cookbook.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec, and for the tasty links which I look forward to checking out -- and happy חנוכה to you!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome -- and thank you for pointing to "Consecration." I'm looking forward to reading it tonight.

[roga.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the rec! And if that isn't the best gift ever, I don't know what is :-)

And as for my own contribution:
thistlerose's Eight Hanukkah Drabbles which she wrote last year, each one a different fandom.
-ljemanja's The Eight Days of Hanukkah, Wilson/Cuddy.
-daegaer's Eight Nights, Good Omens.
-and just to break the monotony and not have 'Eight' in the title, Consecration by fox1013, Firefly, gen, where they get a holiday miracle and make me totally tear up.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Sweet! I was hoping to have some new Hanukkah fics to read. I'd just added "Consecration" to my list when kassrachel recced it this morning. Yay Firefly -- and Good Omens too, and whatever are included in thistlerose's drabbles! Thank you!