Stranded on an iceberg on his way to America, Simon remembers his mother's parting words and lights the first candle on his menorah while praying for a miracle, which soon arrives in the form of a friendly polar bear.
Grover and the Count join Aunt Sarah, Uncle Joe, their children and niece and nephew, for a Hanukkah party at which the Count finds eight of many different things. Includes facts about Hanukkah.
Two faiths are brought together one winter in rural Michigan when a Jewish family celebrating Hanukkah makes Christmas special for their neighbors, a Christian family whose house has been touched by scarlet fever.