Hannukah in Santa Monica

by Tom Lehrer 1990

I'm spending Hannukah in Santa Monica

Wearing Sandles, lighting candles by the sea

I spent Shavuos in East Saint Louis

A charming spot but clearly not the spot for me...

Those eastern winters, I can't endure 'em

So every year I pack my gear and come out here til Purim

Rosh Hashona I spend in Arizona

And Yom Kippah way down in Mississippah

But in December there's just one place for me

Mid the California flora I'll be lighting my menorah

Like a baby in its cradle I'll be playing with my draydel

Here's to Judas Maccabeus, Boy if he could only see us

Spending Hannukah, in Santa Monica, By the Sea!

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