How Many Days And Sleeps Till Christmas?

Does israel celebrate the christmas or give these days as vacations for their workers as hannukah?

• is in israel Hanukkah days off? for workers or they don't have vacations of winter? like christmas vacations are until the new year.. I know the new year in israel is celebrated in september. I would like to know the months in the judaism or hebrew well I don't know what dates do you use.. do you have weekend? or just the saturday as day off? greetings from mexico..well I know christmas is not a jewish celebration but do workers have winter vacations until january or the day of christmas is a day off? 25th december.. in my country 25th december and 1st january are days off for everybody.. please tell me in israel thanks

• Answer:

  Since the Jewish and Gregorian calendar are different, holidays almost always don't coincide. Jewish and Gregorian dates shift every year in a cycle that repeats every 18 years. In Israel, the weekly day of rest is Saturday. Friday is half a day or a complete day-off in many places. Hanukkah is one day-off, except in schools, where they get 8 days off. This year, Hanukkah begins on December 22nd. The next holiday is Purim (which lasts 2 days), and begins on March 10th. ~~~~~~ Universities only get the first day of Hannukah off.