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A new holiday opera about Hanukkah? It's a miracle! Really, it is. The Young People's Chorus of NYC has been preparing for the new children's opera called "Miracle!"

Composer Victoria Bond thought with all the Christmas offerings out there, it was time for some new Hanukkah music.

"Every year I conduct 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' which is one of the traditional Christmas plays, musical plays, or operas that are done for children. And every year I do this I thought to myself: 'Why isn't there something like this for Jewish kids,'" Bond said.

Bond enlisted the help of Librettest Susan L Roth. Together they created "Miracle!" It's set in the present day, but when the lights go out a family lights candles and sings eight songs to help tell the story of Hanukkah.

Now let's face it. Not since Adam's Sandler comedic "Hanukkah Song" which lists Jewish celebrities has any Hanukkah music really made a dent in our pop culture. And that debuted back in 1994.

Like the former Saturday Night Live star, this diverse crowd of young singers believes it's time for an expanded holiday soundtrack.

"Hanukkah has been sort of put aside for the glamour of Christmas and it sort of deserves a little bit of time to shine," said Young People's Chorus of NYC singer Daniel Cabaniss.

If you know just one Hanukkah song it's probably "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel." And that children's favorite is incorporated into the opera. And some of the singers didn't even know that one.

"I kind of knew 'Dreidel' but not really," said Young People's Chorus of NYC singer Lillian Carber

Even though the Young People's Chorus of NYC singer is putting on a workshop performance -- no sets or costumes -- very little can hold a candle to working with a living composer on a holiday opera written just for you.