Most of my friends now work at home, too.

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Yet of all the Hanukkahs of years past, the most memorable for me was spent in Israel with my children at the home of dear friends.

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In an informal poll of my own 20-something male friends, most said staying at home while the wife works would be a dream scenario (eyes glazed with visions of Xbox).

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My wife keeps getting e-mails forwarded by her friends urging everybody to buy American to keep our jobs at home.

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At his impressive home on the outskirts of the city, my camera crew and I meet his friends and family, before Luol.

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During senior year at my Jesuit high school, Seattle Prep, almost all my friends sent applications to schools hundreds of miles from home.

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My family continues my mother's tradition at Christmas, when we open our home to relatives, neighbors, my six children and even their friends -- extending our family to include those unable to head home for the holidays.

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