For Chicago’s interfaith families, Christmas and Hanukkah are a chance to explore new traditions

Peter Kujawinski is pleased with the twist he’s given his family’s “super-cheesy Christmas family pajama” tradition this year. “I haven’t told anybody this yet,” he said. “But I ordered Hanukkah pajamas because you have to take advantage of (Hanukkah) being on the same day.” For Peter, 50, who was raised Roman Catholic, and his wife, Nancy Kujawinski, who was raised in a Reform Jewish family, Hanukkah beginning on Christmas Day brings their two sets of already-intertwined traditions into even closer proximity. The Lincoln Square couple and their three children are...