Adam Sandler performs ‘The Chanukah Song’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1994.Photo:Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Adam Sandler performs ‘The Chanukah Song’ during “Weekend Update” on December 3, 1994

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Hanukkahis just around the corner!While many knowAdam Sandler’s iconicSaturday Night Livebit turned instant classic, there are a few other songs that touch on the Jewish festival of lights that begins this year on Dec. 7 at sundown.From the Sandman original to Jack Black’s new spin on a classic children’s song, read on to learn more about these five Hanukkah tunes.

Hanukkahis just around the corner!

While many knowAdam Sandler’s iconicSaturday Night Livebit turned instant classic, there are a few other songs that touch on the Jewish festival of lights that begins this year on Dec. 7 at sundown.

From the Sandman original to Jack Black’s new spin on a classic children’s song, read on to learn more about these five Hanukkah tunes.

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Adam Sandler’s ‘The Chanukah Song’

Perhaps the most iconic of the modern Hanukkah songs,Adam Sandler’s hilarious song first debuted onSaturday Night Livein the 1990s and lists out the most famous Jewish celebrities. More than 15 years after the song was first introduced,Haimupdated the songin 2021, adding a whole new cast of characters to the lyrics includingTimothée Chalamet,Maya RudolphandEugene and Dan Levy.

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Jack Black.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Jack Black speaks during The Give Back-ular Spectacular! fundraiser in partnership with The Union Solidarity Coalition at The Orpheum Theatre on October 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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John Flansburgh and Danny Weinkauf of They Might Be Giants perform in 2023.Dana Jacobs/Getty

John Flansburgh and Danny Weinkauf of They Might Be Giants perform at The Fillmore on April 15, 2023 in San Francisco, California.

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They Might Be Giants' “Feast of Lights” was featuredon the band’s 2001 holiday project calledHolidayland.The song appears to be a plea to a loved one, asking that though their relationship might be fraught, that they try and enjoy the holiday together.

“We never get together at all/Until the last day of Hanukkah/I got you a harmonica/ And a bag of chocolate coins,” goes the song, referring to candy that is common duringHanukkah celebrations. “The only thing we have is fights/ But there’s got to be a change tonight/ Please be nice on this feast of lights.”

source: people.com