Cheap Chick NYC Hanukkah 2009 Guide (Scroll Down for Christmas Guide)

Time to eat some latkes, spin the dreidel, and light the lights!

The Jewish Museum is giving Hanukkah-based tours of the collections on Tuesdays and Thursdays. http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/site/pages/calendar_main.php

December 11-December 19, 2009
See the Lighting of the World’s Largest Menorah. The menorah will be lit Monday-Thursday at 5:30 p.m., Fri. at 3:40 p.m., and Sat. at 8:30 p.m. at Grand Army Plaza, at 59th Street. Take the N,R to Fifth Ave./59th St.

December 11, 2009
Celebrate the first day of Hannukkah with the Stuyvesant Square Community Alliance. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190684069219&ref=mf

"Do the Light Thing" Chanukah Celebration With The New Shul. http://www.newshul.org/

December 12, 2009
Catch "The Menorah Horah," a burlesque show. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=584415

2009 Major League Dreidel Tournament at the Knitting Factory. http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=689

December 13, 2009
Make edible menorah cookies at Belvedere Castle from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. http://www.centralpark.com/pages/attractions/belvedere-castle.html

December 23, 2009
Rachael Sage "Tchatchkes & Latkes!" comedy show. http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4899

December 24, 2009
Heebonism (Heeb magazine party) http://www.heebmagazine.com/events/view/113

December 25, 2009
Christmas Day Vietnamese Food and the Movies with The Lunch Club. http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2359

Go on a Jewish Lower East Side Tour With Big Onion Walking Tours. Tours are at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. http://www.bigonion.com/description/index.html#19