Wizarding Chanukah Headcanons
From a collection of posts about Jewish wizarding headcanons (let me know if you want yours taken down or redacted differently).
Wizard menorahs never spill dripped wax and stay lit much longer than muggle/NoMaj menorahs. Wizard Dreidels send up blue sparks when you spin a gimmel. When kids are still young enough to get a present every night, many Wizarding Jewish parents make the presents appear on the window sill next to the menorah as the candles are being lit. There are several Hanukkah songs that are unique to the Jewish Wizarding tradition, such as “Light of the Dreidel,” which is about a wizard betting for a kiss. - @moghraidhjamie
Wizards light the menorahs using magic, of course: Incendio to light the shamash, and Wingardium Leviosa to lift it out of its holder and light the other candles. Sufganiot can be made in midair. When wizards make latkes, they enchant the potatos to rinse themselves, the vegetable peeler to peel them, and the cheese grater to grate them. - @starlightomatic
Magical menorahs that light themselves. - @ilandere
Charmed dreidels that let you win every time. - @weirdest-al
A small magical child, playing with the hanukkah candles before they are lit, can make it so they stayed alight for eight days. and the rest of december. her parents will eventually have to flush them down the toilet because they won’t go out. - @rhiannonmcgavin
Presents that wrap themselves, dreidels that complain if you don’t spin them well enough, candles that never drip. - @kayla-bird
Enchanted chanukiot that always stay lit. - @transprongs
To light the menorah, wizards draw their wands and float the candles into the it. With the hushed whisper of a spell and a prayer, they light up each candle. Wizards play dreidel with both gelt and chocolate frogs - @jewish-hermione
Rather than burning in a menorah, the candles levitate above the dinner table. They don’t get too low or drip wax. The middle candle hangs higher then the rest. The shamash. The jelly inside the sufganiot is enchanted so that it doesn’t burn your lip when you bite in. There are lovely golden dreidels that spins themselves across the floor. - @racheltheclumsy
