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Interfaith Celebrity Couples Who Celebrate Both Hanukkah and Christmas

Leslie Odom Jr. released a Christmas album in November 2020, and he included a Hanukkah duet with his wife, Nicolette Robinson, to honor her Jewish heritage.

Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson. Rich Fury/Getty Images

The Tony Award winner released his holiday album, "The Christmas Album," in November. The album is filled with Christmas classics like "O Holy Night," "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas," and "Last Christmas," but he made sure to include a Hanukkah duet with his wife Nicolette Robinson, "Ma'oz Tzur."

Robinson, a fellow Broadway star, was herself raised with both holidays. "We celebrated Christian and Jewish holidays, and I got an understanding of both sides of my background. I feel really grateful for that," Robinson told Broadway Direct in August 2018.

"My spiritual practice includes prayer and meditation. I walk with God. I would consider myself Christian, but my wife is Jewish," Odom told New York Theater in February 2015. "The thing that is common in all the religions is a loving, divine presence. Part of spiritual practice is also having great friends, nurturing great relationships."

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Jenniffer Sheldon

Update: 2024-07-03