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Hanukkah extravaganza returns to Bayshore Mall

Lubavitch of Wisconsin is hosting "Chanukah Festival" on Dec. 7th in Glendale

Hanukkah extravaganza returns to Bayshore Mall

Lubavitch of Wisconsin is hosting "Chanukah Festival" on Dec. 7th in Glendale

WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1123. HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES ARE IN FULL SWING. TOMORROW IS THE START OF HANUKKAH AND LUBAVITCH OF WISCONSIN IS BRINGING BACK THEIR ANNUAL HANUKKAH FESTIVAL. TWO OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT ARE JOINING ME NOW IN STUDIO TO TALK ALL ABOUT IT. WE’VE GOT MUSHKA LANE AND MUZZY DARREN. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR HAVING US. OF COURSE. SO TELL ME ABOUT THE START OF HANUKKAH TOMORROW AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE CELEBRATING THE SEASON. SO HANUKKAH BEGINS TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER SUNDOWN AND WE ARE CELEBRATING BY BRINGING THOUSANDS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO BAYSHORE MALL AT THE YARD WITH A GREAT FESTIVAL AND GELT DROP AND THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WHAT MAKES THIS EVENT SOMETHING TO COME BACK TO AND THAT YOU WANT TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY REALLY INVOLVED WITH? I THINK IT’S JUST A REALLY FUN EVENT. IT’S FREE, IT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT JUST CELEBRATES WITH SO MUCH JOY AND LOVE. THERE’S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND THERE’S JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT ENERGY. WE HAVE MUSIC, WE HAVE FOOD, WE HAVE FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS. WE’RE HAVING TREMENDOUS ENTERTAINMENT THIS YEAR THAT WE CAN’T WAIT TO SHARE. WE’RE HAVING A HANUKKAH DRONE LIGHT SHOW WITH HANUKKAH IMAGES IN THE SKY AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING IS THE GELT DROP. SO WE BRING OUT THE NORTH SHORE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY COME AND THEY EXTEND THEIR LADDER AND THEY DROP LOTS OF CHOCOLATE GELT AND ALL THE KIDS AND WE HAVE THESE GLOW IN THE DARK PARACHUTE DREIDEL AND MENORAHS THAT COME DOWN FROM THE SKY AND ALL THE KIDS JUST GO WILD. YEAH, THAT’S GOING TO BE PRETTY COOL. AND YOU’RE ALSO SHOWING OUT THESE MENORAHS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT. THIS IS FREE FOR EVERYBODY WHO COMES OUT TOMORROW. YES, EVERYONE CAN TAKE TO TAKE HOME AND LIGHT THEIR OWN MENORAH. CHANUKAH IS A FESTIVE, CELEBRATING LIGHT OVER DARKNESS AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION. AND TO BE LOUD AND PROUD -- AND WE ARE WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LIGHT THE MENORAH. ALL EIGHT NIGHTS OF HANUKKAH, WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT THESE FREE MENORAHS AND LIGHTING THE MENORAH THERE AS WELL. THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME CITY OFFICIALS THERE. A GREAT TIME, HOT FOOD, CRAFTS, ACTIVITIES LIKE MUSHKA SAID. AND WE’RE JUST EXPECTING A REALLY, REALLY FUN TIME FOR EVERYBODY. OUR THIS YEAR CELEBRATIONS, ARE THEY MORE SACRED OR OR THEY’RE SACRED EVERY SINGLE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY AROUND THE HOLIDAY. BUT AS YOU GUYS AS YOU CELEBRATE THE HANUKKAH HOLIDAY IN THE MIDST OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, HOW DO YOU GUYS KIND OF HANDLE AND GRAPPLE THAT? WE JUST WE’RE JUST ADDING LIGHT EVERY PERSON IS ADDING THEIR LIGHT. WE’RE ADDING LIGHT COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY AND JUST CELEBRATING WHO WE ARE PROUDLY IN THE STREETS LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. GREAT. AND SO FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO COME OUT TO TOMORROW’S EVENT AT BAYSHORE, IT’S NOT THE ONLY THING HAPPENING AROUND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO CELEBRATE THE HANUKKAH HOLIDAY THIS WEEKEND. YES, THE WHOLE WEEK IS GOING TO BE FULL OF CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEKEND. AND ON SUNDAY, THERE IS A HANUKKAH CAR MENORAH PARADE. IT BEGINS AT 4:00 PM AT CHABAD OF MEQUON AND GOES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. AND ENDS ON THE EAST SIDE. IT’S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SHOW YOUR JEWISH PRIDE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. YOU CAN WATCH IT FROM YOUR HOME WHEN IT PASSES BY. AND IT’S JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. YES, I JUST WANT TO MENTION IT. CAN’T FORGET, IF YOU REGISTER AND SAY YOU GOT TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU’RE WEARING. WE ARE WEARING OUR HANUKKAH HEAD BOPPERS. THEY’RE LIGHT UP. I DON’T WANT TO LIGHT THEM UP ON CAMERA, BUT THEY LIGHT UP, LED AND EVERYONE WHO REGISTERS IN ADVANCE GETS A FREE ONE. THEY’RE SUPER FUN. WE HAVE HANUKKAH SWAG. WE’RE SELLING BEANIES AND GLOVES AND BRACELETS, AND WE HAVE LED ROBOT DANCERS COMING. IT’S GOING TO BE A TOTAL VIBE AND WE CAN’T WAIT TO CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY. YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT CELEBRATION AGAIN. TELL ME THE TIME FOR THIS HAPPENING TOMORROW. THE ONE AT BAYSHORE. SO WE HAVE CHOO CHOO TRAIN RIDES THAT OPEN AT 4:30 P.M. THE MAIN EVENT TIME STARTS AT 5:00 P M AT BAYSHORE MALL OUT IN THE YARD. AND WE’LL BE SURE TO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, WISN.COM. THANK YOU GUYS, FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE HANUKKAH CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE TOMORROW AT BAYSHORE MALL’S YARD. THERE WILL BE A MENORAH, LIGHTING, MUSIC, FOOD AN
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Hanukkah extravaganza returns to Bayshore Mall

Lubavitch of Wisconsin is hosting "Chanukah Festival" on Dec. 7th in Glendale

Lubavitch of Wisconsin is hosting its annual Chanukah celebration to kick off Hanukkah 2023. The festival marks the first day of Hanukkah and takes place at Bayshore Mall in Glendale.Event coordinators Mushka Lein and Mussie Derens joined 12 News at 11 a.m.Lein and Derens said there would be a giant gelt drop and a light show.The Chanukah Festival takes place on Dec. 7 at 5 p.m.For more information, click here.

Lubavitch of Wisconsin is hosting its annual Chanukah celebration to kick off Hanukkah 2023.

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The festival marks the first day of Hanukkah and takes place at Bayshore Mall in Glendale.

Event coordinators Mushka Lein and Mussie Derens joined 12 News at 11 a.m.

Lein and Derens said there would be a giant gelt drop and a light show.

The Chanukah Festival takes place on Dec. 7 at 5 p.m.

For more information, click here.