Joyful challah-days!

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco celebrated the primary evening of Hanukkah, which occurred to fall on Christmas Day this yr, at a star-studded Competition of Lights celebration in New York Metropolis on Wednesday.

The pop star and her new fiancé held on a sofa on the festive fête in a slideshow of movies and photographs posted to cookbook creator Jake Cohen’s Instagram on Thursday.

“Some lonely Jews on Christmas getting lit,” Cohen captioned the put up.

Gomez, 32, seemed cozy and informal in a snowflake-print pajama set and a white knit beanie as she cuddled as much as the music producer.

Blanco, 36, seemed equally comfy in white pants and a cream sweater with a stuffed animal canine tucked into the breast pocket.

Additionally noticed celebrating the vacation had been “Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” star Erin Lichy, actress Debra Messing, TV author Jenji Kohan, comic Alex Edelman, composer Benj Pasek, podcaster Amanda Hirsch and foodies Adeena Sussman and Michael Solomonov.

In a single snap, Lichy, 37, hugged Messing, 56, whereas one other picture confirmed Cohen posing in entrance of a desk topped with a number of challahs, a big bowl of hummus, plates of cookies and bins of jelly doughnuts known as sufganiyot.

Different movies captured Blanco dancing the hora with associates as a band performed “Hava Nagila” in addition to the “Will and Grace” alum giving a humorous speech for partygoers.

Edelman, who received an Emmy earlier this yr for his HBO stand-up particular, wore a crimson Christmas onesie and a yarmulke whereas lighting the menorahs together with Cohen, 30, and Pasek, 39.

Hirsch, 36, posted a video of herself having fun with a beverage with entrepreneur Moti Ankari because the band performed some upbeat tunes.

“Ain’t a celebration till ‘Candy Caroline’ comes on,” the “Not Skinny However Not Fats” host captioned the Instagram Story put up.

Blanco, who proposed to Gomez earlier this month, is Jewish and infrequently wears a Star of David necklace.

Gomez, for her half, nonetheless celebrated Christmas and posted a photograph of presents and her canine beneath her tree.

She additionally shared a selfie with “How I Met Your Mom” actor Josh Radnor to her Instagram Story after working into him over the vacations.

“Made my Christmas @joshradnor,” the singer captioned the photograph, including that she is a “enormous fan” of Radnor’s sitcom.