Stephen Colbertmay be a devout Catholic, but hes reaching out to his Jewish viewers this holiday season with an eight-part Hanukkah video series. Hanukkah is the time of year to gather with family and friends and media personalities to celebrate love, friendship and whatever it is you share with that guy from work who you dont really know that well who showed up to your Hanukkah party anyway, the Late Show host says in the first clip. Didnt he realize you just added him to the Facebook event to be polite? Hes meshuggeneh.
The video finds Colbert seated behind his desk, proudly displaying a mini-menorah across from his Pope Francis bobblehead. Between several intense sessions of battle dreidels, the host explains his plan for the holiday, which he calls the festival of lights, the candle industrys Black Friday.
Please stay tuned and join us for the next seven magical nights, when each evening, youll be visited by a new Hanukkahemissary, who will join you in celebrating the holiday, he says. Its kind of like A Christmas Carol, but without that Ghost of Christmas Past garbage. That being said, I make no promise that you wont be visited by other ghosts unrelated to Hanukkah. I dont know what youve done in your life. You could be a terrible person.