NPR's Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season

The menorah
A large menorah has its first light turned on in Los Angeles, Calif.
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National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read five stories for Hanukkah, which begins tonight at sundown.

The stories are:

• "All Good Things Are Surprises" by Robin Hemley

• "Potatoes" by Tova Mirvis

• "Gifts of the Jewish Magi" by Allegra Goodman

• "Two Menorahs" by Daniel Mark Epstein

• "My Hanukkah Gift" by Farideh Goldin