Did Jesus Celebrate Christmas?
In the Gospel of John 10:22 is a simple sentence introducing the paragraph, but one that also sheds some light on what was going on in Jerusalem at this time of year.
“Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,
and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade.”

In Jesus’ time, Hanukah, or the Feast of Dedication was a fairly modern celebration.
It is not a biblical holiday but came about as a result of events during the time in history between the Old and New Testaments. In 168 B.C. the Temple in Jerusalem was seized by Syrian-Greek soldiers and used for the worship of their god Zeus. The following year, Emperor Antiochus ("Epiphanes") forbade the Jewish people to worship the God of the Bible and instead, ordered them to worship the Greek gods.

According to the ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, Judah the Macabee instituted an annual 8 day festival after rededicating the Temple called the ‘Festival of Lights’.
“Now Judah celebrated the festival of the restoration of the sacrifices of the temple for eight days, and omitted no sort of pleasures thereon; but he feasted them upon very rich and splendid sacrifices; and he honoured God, and delighted them by hymns and psalms. Nay, they were so very glad at the revival of their customs, when, after a long time of intermission, they unexpectedly had regained the freedom of their worship, that they made it a law for their posterity, that they should keep a festival, on account of the restoration of their temple worship, for eight days. And from that time to this we celebrate this festival, and call it Lights. I suppose the reason was, because this liberty beyond our hopes appeared to us; and that thence was the name given to that festival." Jewish Antiquities xii. 7, § 7, #323
Today, Hanukah is celebrated for 8 days to commemorate the rededication of the Temple. Each evening at sundown, the Hanukiah (an nine branched menorah) is lit: One candle on the first night, two candles on the second night, three candles on the third night etc. until all 8 candles are lit together on the 8th night. The Shamash or servant candle is also lit each night and used to light the other candles. This servant candle is usually given a special place on the Hanukiah, either higher, lower or to the side of the other candles. As Christians we see a wonderful parallel of Yeshua (Jesus), the Light of the world who brings His light and life to each of our hearts! This year (2019) Hanukah begins on the 23rd December. The Jewish day begins at sundown on the previous day, so the first candle of Hanukah will be lit on the evening of the 22nd December.

Hanukah Activities:
How to play Hanukah games – The Dreidel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkTLN1T17p4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL19977AA51C6EB8F5