Let’s have a festival of light

December 19, 2016 11:50 AM

The Maccabeats sing about Hanukkah - Hamilton style!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (11 comments total)

This is the best thing!
posted by corb at 12:03 PM on December 19, 2016

A group called Six13 did a Hamilton-based Chanukah thing too. (It was in related videos on YouTube.)
posted by zorseshoes at 12:39 PM on December 19, 2016 [1 favorite]

I am partial to How Do You Spell Channukkah by the LeeVees.

Julio was wrong.
posted by maxsparber at 12:46 PM on December 19, 2016

Oh please, the characterization of Antiochus Epiphanes IV is completely ahistorical.

The Syrian guardsmen's dance, however, was spot on! I rate it 7 candles.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 12:52 PM on December 19, 2016 [2 favorites]

But no shamash? WHAT AN UPSET.
posted by maxsparber at 1:03 PM on December 19, 2016

The first three songs are solid but the fourth ("Festival of Lights"/ "The Story of Tonight") is excellent. I wish they'd done a full length version of it.
posted by galaxy rise at 1:05 PM on December 19, 2016 [1 favorite]

Related: "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" co-creator and star Rachel Bloom's Chanukah Honey (possibly NSFW)
posted by The Gooch at 1:17 PM on December 19, 2016 [4 favorites]

Time to drop some Chanukah... science...
posted by Devonian at 1:40 PM on December 19, 2016

I'ma let the Maccabeats finish…
But Oseh Shalom is the best Jewish Hamilton song.
posted by mhz at 4:57 PM on December 19, 2016 [3 favorites]

We have a new contender.
posted by Joe in Australia at 6:23 PM on December 24, 2016

Hanukkah oh Hanukkah - a Pentatonix-style music video mashup
posted by Joe in Australia at 2:38 PM on December 27, 2016