Travel New and Now: Hanukkah, Cyber Monday, & Big Sky

CHABAD HANUKKAH LIGHTINGS
The eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah starts the night of Dec. 6. The Jewish outreach organization Chabad Lubavitch is sponsoring celebrations and nightly public menorah lightings in cities around the world.

Several dozen public menorahs will be lit nightly around Paris, including at the Eiffel Tower. In Moscow, a Hanukkah concert will be held at the Kremlin theater Dec. 8 and 13 public menorahs will be set up around the city. Berlin will host 20 public menorahs, including a nightly lighting at the Brandenburg Gate. Other locations around the globe include Argentina, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, China and Thailand. Locations and times for individual events will be listed at http://www.hanukkah.org/events as details become available.

In the U.S., lightings include a 25-foot menorah in San Francisco's Union Square, traditionally attended by thousands. In Washington, D.C., several thousand participants are also expected Sunday at the National Menorah in front of the White House for a celebration that will include a concert. In Houston, City Hall is the location for the annual menorah-lighting, and in Miami, one of many celebrations will take place in Gulfstream Park.

The world's largest menorah, 32 feet high, will be lit nightly in New York City near the entrance to Central Park on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. Other Manhattan events include a Dec. 12 parade of cars topped with menorahs along Fifth Avenue, an ice-skating party at Central Park's Wollman Rink featuring a massive menorah carved from ice on Dec. 7, and a menorah-lighting ceremony on the court of the Dec. 10 Brooklyn Nets basketball game.

Other teams hosting Hanukkah events include the NBA's Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavs, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks, and the NHL's New York Islanders, Nashville Predators, Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit Red Wings and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

CYBER MONDAY TRAVEL OFFERS
Many travel providers are offering Cyber Monday deals bookable online on Nov. 30. Some offers begin Black Friday, and some extend for a week or two beyond Cyber Monday. Check online for details at your favorite site. Here are a few examples: