There are 17 more shopping days until Christmas. So, guys, that means 16 more days till we start shopping, right?
— Conan O'Brien
As always, Paula Bonhoeffer's annual orchestrations of the Christmas holidays were especially beautiful, incorporating Bible reading and hymns in such a way that even those who were not particularly religious felt included.
— Eric Metaxas
May love and light fill your home and heart at Hanukkah.
— Anonymous
Jews commonly used apokalypsis to describe part of their week-long wedding festivities. The apokalypsis was the lifting of the veil of a virgin bride, which took place immediately before the marriage was consummated in sexual union.