We review Marty Goetz's Hanukkah and Christmas album Festivals of Light 2002 and discuss the "festive season", Christmas in Japan, the color blue in Judaism, the menorah and nativity cover, live performances, Superbook theme and Emmy nomination, songs blending together/"background music", the album title, instrumental heavy songs and the extra minutes, "Christian" songs that are entirely from the Jewish Bible, changing first-person perspectives, William Blake, traditional Hanukkah blessings, the meanings of the holidays, Hanukkah pronunciation, and the literal translations of Ma'oz Tsur.

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