Voters in state Senate District Ten can begin casting ballots for the upcoming special election this Friday.Preview: Christmas and Hanukkah just so happen to be celebrated at the same time this year. For just the fifth time in the past 114 years, the first night of the Jewish holiday landed on December 25th. In New York, a 36-foot-tall menorah, listed by Guinness Records as the world's largest, was lit in Manhattan.