Tom Lehrer - (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica

I'm spending Hanukkah
In Santa Monica
Wearing sandals
Lighting candles
By the sea
I spent Shevuos
In East St. Louis
A charming spot
But clearly not
The spot for me

Those Eastern winters
I can't endure 'em
So ev'ry year
I pack my gear
And come out here
'Til Purim

Rosh Hashonah
I spend in Arizonah
And Yorn Kippuh
Way down in Mississippuh
But in December there's just one place for me

Amid the California flora
I'll be lighting my menorah
Like a baby in his cradle
I'll be playing with my dreidel
Here's to Judas Maccabeus
Boy, if he could only see us
Spending Hanukkah
In Santa Monica
By the sea

Written by:
Tom Thomas Lehrer

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