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For our Big Fat Jewish Wedding in 2004, the husband and I registered for gifts on Judaica.com as well as Bed, Bath and Beyond. It was December, so we selected a number of unusual
hannukiyot, each a piece of art as well as a ritual object.
Every year since, we have added a new artisanal menorah to our collection and hosted a big fat Hannukah party, where we risk the wrath of the fire marshal by packing in enough friends to light them all.