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# Here's a Hanukkah Parody of 'Whip/Nae Nae' and 'Hotline Bling'

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## Olivia B. Waxman


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Jewish a cappella group [Six13](http://www.six13.com) proved its members are dutiful students of the Internet with its 2015 holiday video, which debuted Tuesday on TIME.com. The singers mix together Silentó’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” and Drake’s “Hotline Bling” for a Hanukkah-themed parody called “Watch Me (Spin/Drey Drey).”

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Six13’s 2014 Hanukkah video, a [spoof](http://time.com/3633525/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-hanukkah-parody/) of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”, racked up more than 1.8 million views. Past hits also include a Passover-themed [parody](http://time.com/3754373/six13-uptown-funk-passover-parody/) of “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and “Chozen,” a spoof of [“Let It Go”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwBuNtd4xAY) from the hit Disney movie _Frozen_.

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