Come to think of it there are seasonal lights that are supposed to be shown in this season. If possible, the Chanukah menorah should be displayed in a place where it is visible.
Mind you, my wife has a way of taking things to extremes -- she wants a tiki torch menorah in the front yard some year.
And in my son's school holidays play, about kids trapped at school in a Christmas snow storm, a part was written for my son, where he mourns he doesn't have menorah to light. His classmates solve the problem by suggesting Bunsen burners from the chem lab be used. My wife's eyes just lit up at the idea.
My 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Lindner, (a wonderful Jewish woman) taught us all about draidels (sp?), and taught us to do that traditional Jewish song where everyone locks arms and dances around in a circle.(forget the song's name, please help me here)
She also taught us many different Jewish stories and traditions, which I cherish to this day.
By the way, it was a public school here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and all the kids loved it, or so I remember.
I don't remember one complaint from anyone either, and I'm certain 95 percent were Christian.
Your family sounds so fun! I am a co-moderator of a group of parents of deaf kids and I wanted to tell everyone merry christmas. Then I remembered we had jewish people too. I spelled "hanukah" phonetically "hannakah" and hoped no one would notice or be offended.