Chanukah Drasha- Mehadrin Min HaMehadrin

The gemara in Shabbos records three ways to light Chanukah candles. The first level is to have one person light one candle each night for the entire family. The next level is for everyone in the house to light one candle each night. The best way (Mehadrin Min HaMehadrin) is to light one extra candle each night. This halacha is little known because EVERYONE does it the best way. In fact, there is an argument as to whether the Mehadrin Min HaMehadrin requires everyone to light an extra candle or is it just one person. What we see from this is that by Chanukah everyone fulfills the mitzvah in the most ideal way. This got me to thinking. Why is this true by Chanukah and not Sukkos? It can't be the money issue because the extra money spent on the oil is probably more than buying a better Lulav. Perhaps, sadly however, the reason is as follows. By Sukkos every Lulav and Esrog from a distance look the same. Even to the trained eye it's hard to tell which Lulav is better. However, by Chanukah we stick the Menorah in the windowing showing the whole world the level of our observance. On Sukkos we can skim and save some cash, on Chanukah G-d forbid to skim, Mr. Jones will think less of me. Further if you light one candle on Chanukah everyone agrees you fulfilled your mitzva yet on Sukkos many of us carry around Lulavim that are pasul. In this weeks Parsha when Yaakov is meeting with Eisav, Yaakov says "Yaish Li Kol" (I have everything) Eisav on the other hand says Yaish Li Rov (I have a lot... meaning, I could use more). Yaakov was an Eish Tam .. a simple man, not worried about what others thought of him and constantly realizing all that matters is how I look in the eyes of Hashem. Eisav saw the world different.. Yaish Li Rov ... I have alot... but compared to you it is not enough. Starting this Shabbos let us all ask ourselves- why we settle for mediocrity by lulav and other mitzvos yet by chanukah we go all out? There are good reasons for this difference, let us make sure, though, that those good reasons are causing the difference and not Chas V'Shalom the opposite. We live in a world were we are trained to always look over our shoulder (isn't that why they installed rear view mirrors in cars?). However, let us once be content to travel in our own lane. If anyone has a good reason for the difference, I would love to hear. Please share with me at TheHalachaBoy@gmail.comLast Weeks Answer- Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Chanukah is the longest Benching (Al Hanissim, Ritzei and Yala Vyavo all rolled into one). Congrats to the multitude that answered questions. This weeks Q of the A- This comes from a ParshaMan Subscriber (Parshaman note: The Parshaman squad want to thank SC for contributing this question. We are always looking for comments, additions, and anything else) In 1948 there was no Shabbos Chanukah. Why? (HalachaBoy does not know the answer to this as of printing and isn't really sure how its possible. Editor's note: HalachaBoy claims he figured it out. I think I also figured out the answer.)