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The free celebration takes place at the Newport Beach shopping center Sunday at 3 p.m., featuring holiday crafts, dreidels, doughnuts and free activities for kids.

This year, for the first time in nearly two decades, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas.