Hanukkah Harry is a fictional character on Saturday Night Live played by Jon Lovitz. It is also the title of a children's picture book. This article pertains strictly to the SNL character. Hanukkah Harry is portrayed on the show as a variation upon the modern-day image of Santa Claus, with a beard characteristic of a male adherent of Haredi Judaism, and with his clothes in blue with white edges (the colors of an Ashkenazi Jewish tallit, or prayer shawl, shared by the flag of Israel).