Hanukkah Sameach! How Your Favorite Stars Are Celebrating Hanukkah 2020

From Hanukkah-themed sweaters to sharing family traditions, here's how your favorite celebs are celebrating the Festival of Lights

By Andrea Wurzburger
Updated December 18, 2020 11:35 AM

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The McConaughey Family

In the spirit of teaching their kids new traditions, Camila and Matthew McConaughey used a menorah gifted from friend Guy Oseary. "Teaching and keeping the light!" Camila wrote alongside a photo of daughter Vida lighting their candles.

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Dave Grohl

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Grohl may not celebrate Hanukkah himself, but he is joining in on the fun with his producer Greg Kurstin, releasing a cover of a Jewish artist for each of the eight nights of Hanukkah. The duo is covering everything from Drake's "Hotline Bling" to Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35."  

We're just sad that there are only eight days of Hanukkah — because we want more!

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Mindy Kaling

The actress and mom of two celebrated night five of Hanukkah, wishing a happy holiday to her followers on Instagram. 

"Happy Hanukkah night 5," the Mindy Project star wrote alongside a photo of her smiling with a menorah. She added, "*All candles lit for dramatic effect.*" 

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Chrissy Teigen

The star celebrated Hanukkah for the first time ever with her friend and cookbook collaborator, Adeena Sussman. 

The Cravings author shared videos of the festivities on Instagram, including one clip of her lighting the menorah and another of her daughter, Luna, spinning the dreidel. 

“Hanukkah is awesome,” Teigen said on her Instagram Story as her friend prepared some mouth-watering latkes. “Why have I not been doing this? Christmas, what the heck?”

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Chrissy Teigen

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The celebrations continued with Teigen's son Miles helping Sussman light the menorah on the third night of Hanukkah. 

Sussman — who has been sharing her Hanukkah traditions with Teigen's family — is also getting in the holiday spirit by supporting JASA, one of the largest agencies serving older adults in New York City. Sussman is taking part in an intergenerational cookbook as part of its JASAEats Campaign. 

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Vanessa Grimaldi

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Grimaldi celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with her fiancé, Joshua Wolfe. The former Bachelor contestant, who is learning about her beau's holiday traditions, shared a video of the pair lighting the first candle on the menorah and reciting the blessing together. 

"Night 1 of Hanukkah 🕎Hopefully by night 8 I’ll have memorized the words," she wrote alongside her post.  

She continued, "I love that @jbrwolfe & I are able to celebrate, respect and learn about each other’s religion. It’s such a blessing!"

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Nev Schulman

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"Happy Hannukholidays 🕎🎄💖," the Dancing with the Stars alumnus wrote alongside a photo of his kiddos, Beau and Cleo, lighting the menorah. 

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HAIM

The family band —which includes sisters Danielle, Alana and Este Haim — celebrated the holiday and their new song with Taylor Swift. 

"Our dream of singing on a COUNTRY FOLK SONG with the one and only queen of storytelling, miss TAYLOR SWIFT is our second Hanukkah present to you," the band wrote on Instagram alongside a video of them all sitting around the menorah. 

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HAIM

Before they celebrated their new song and the first night of Hanukkah, the sisters jammed out with menorah hats and dreidel sunglasses. 

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Mayim Bialik

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The Big Bang Theory star (and her cat) lit the menorah together on night one of the Festival of Lights. 

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Leah McSweeney

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"Hannukah Sameach! ✡️❤️🕎," the Real Housewives of New York City star wrote on Instagram, showing off the view from her apartment and her menorah. 

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Elizabeth Banks

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"Holiday spirit. #happyhanukkah to all who are celebrating these next 8 nights," Banks wrote on Instagram, sporting a "Happy Llamakkah" sweater. 

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Anne Hathaway

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"From our family to yours, a simple prayer of thanks for all who bring the light," the actress shared on Instagram alongside a photo of her Menorah. She added, "Happy Hanukkah xx." 

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Andy & Ben Cohen

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Andy Cohen's son Ben got in on the action and helped his dad light the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah. 

"🕎 Happy Hanukkah! 🕎" Cohen captioned the sweet photo of himself sharing the tradition with his baby boy. 

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Melissa Joan Hart

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"Happy Hanukkah!! We could all use some light at the end of this year," Melissa Joan Hart captioned a photo of herself standing beside a large menorah. 

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Kamala Harris

The Vice President-Elect said in an Instagram video with her husband, Doug Emhoff, that she loves Hanukkah "because it really is about the light and bringing light where there has been darkness." 

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Pink

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The singer shared a Boomerang of her freshly made matzah balls on night one of the holiday.

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