The Holiday For Everyone

Everyone is able to associate with Chanukah.  In yeshivos they say that the flames represent Torah, תורה אור.  And the battle against the Greeks is the battle against secularism.  The דתי לאומי say that the Maccabetes were soldier warriors, they went to fight for Klal Yisroel.  Those that are more of the central Orthodoxy persuasion will point to the seven branches of the menorah representing all facets of wisdom to prove that all all facets of wisdom are vital.  So everyone champions Chanukah as their holiday.  Now while this all inclusiveness is fantastic, I do feel there is a little dulling of the message.  If I can spin (like the draidel) the story any which way I want, then there isn't any real lesson I can derive from it.  I shared a joke with a friend of mine last year that when it comes to Chanukah, anything you want to bash you say "that was Yavon."  Comes Purim, anything you feel like protesting against, "that's Amalek."  I do feel shmuzzen like that, besides being inaccurate just detract from the whole holiday, there is no real thought given as to what we are truly celebrating and the whole point of the yom tov is lost.
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