Article: Hanukkah celebration 'Something Else!' for kids.

Byline: Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune

Dec. 26--For Jewish kids, Christmas is usually the most boring day of the year. TV has little to offer but non-stop Yuletide specials, and virtually every business is shuttered. But not in 2005. With the first day of Hanukkah landing on Christmas Day--a convergence that hasn't happened in almost 50 years--families flocked to the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago for its annual "Something Else!" festival. "It's wonderful to have something to do," said Hillary Gordon of Skokie, who had her three children in tow Sunday for a day of games, food and entertainment. "We've already seen all the movies."

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