No need to clean the chimney. There's no latke-nog. Burl Ives does not sing Hanukkah songs. You won't be pressured to buy Hanukkah Seals. No pine needles to vacuum up afterward.
Blintzes are easier to mail than fruitcakes.
The following story is being related by a couple of young ladies here in Higginsville, Missouri. I thought it deserved wider distribution. The two ladies were shopping in Kansas City last week. One lady is especially, perhaps unreasonably, fond of cats. She could not stand the thought of leaving the dead cat there, so she took one of those brightly-colored shopping bags the stores give out this time of year and put the cat in it.