During each night of Hanukkah, a little girl wishes for a pet – a puppy, a bird, a kitten, a hamster and so on. Instead, she gets a series of strange presents – a heat lamp, a thermometer, a plant, a water mister, to name a few. At the same time, her grandmother is also receiving some strange gifts – candied cranberries, chocolate chips, oven mitts, an apron...what is going on? It turns out that the little girl is getting everything she needs for her new pet – an iguana from the animal shelter, while her grandma has received everything she