Chanuka at the White House comes a little early

Chanuka at the White House came early this year because the President hopes to be in Hawaii when Chanuka actually starts next week... although he's trying to keep the Congress around Washington to pass the continuation of a payroll tax cut that sounds like a drop in the bucket to this observer (I heard Obama on the radio saying that 160,000 people would have to pay $1,000 apiece extra in taxes if