At the time of the Judean rebellion against the Greeks which is now celebrated among Jews as Hanukkah, there was indeed one similar story, in which representatives of one Jewish clan, intending to defeat an enemy, became so sympathetic to the enemy that it caused a reconciliation!

After the creation of the holiday, Jews began to create rituals to celebrate it. Of course, the lighting of the menorah was a part of it (and some enterprising people even made facsimiles of the menorah which would be placed atop their wagons and donkeys which would be decorated with bright colors and lights, according to the principle of pirsumei nisa, or publicizing of the miracle), and there was much festivity. There were also early incarnations of the practices which are so common today, such as the frying of olive pancakes (which served the dual purpose of reminding the Jews of the miracle of the olive oil lasting for eight days, as well as to substitute for potatoes, which Jews wouldn't have access to for another 1500 years), and the gathering of families to tell the story of the Hanukkah miracle, with grandparents relaying the stories to their grandchildren- generally somewhat redundantly, as they'd all been there a year or two before.

One practice which soon became customary was the practice of reenacting the miracle. Members of the Jewish community of Judea would each take on the part of a major figure in the story and would replay it in order to remind them all of what had transpired and make them more and more grateful for God's aid and miracles. While of course many clamored to play the parts of Mattityahu and his five sons, there were two men whose sole desire was to play the part of Antiochus (who in one version of the story is actually called by the unusual name "Antonica," and occasionally portrayed as a woman, which to this day mystifies scholars), the evil king. One, Baruch haKropoti, was the patriarch of the large and vibrant Chamutzi family. The other, Shlomo haRusi, a childhood enemy of Baruch's, managed to defeat him for the role, which greatly angered Baruch and the entire Chamutzi family. Among Baruch's grandchildren and their associates, who though young were zealous in defending the family honor, Shlomo HaRusi acquired the name ha'ish ha'ra shel Chanukah, which in strict translation means "the evil one of Chanukah," though some scholars believe that the name should actually be translated more pejoratively and colloquially, with a few going so far as to use the term "meanie." He was not only seen by them as Baruch's rival but as an actual personification of Antiochus.

On the day of the reenactment, the Chamutzi family came en masse (along with the brightly colored menorah on their wagon) to the temple. The young members of the Chamutzi family attempted to storm the stage in an attempt to depose Shlomo HaRusi as Antiochus, but were captured by the temple guards and imprisoned in a side room. As the Chamutzi grandchildren attempted to escape, Baruch and Shlomo began to argue on stage and eventually the reenactment, for the first time ever, was interrupted after Baruch Baruch and Shlomo continued their fight behind the stage. The Chamutzi grandchildren, now escaped, decided to stand up for the honor of their grandfather and attack Shlomo- but, after listening to the argument, discovered that Shlomo and his wife had never been able to have children of their own, which meant that he would never have the large family clan that Baruch had. This made the Chamutzi family, as well as Baruch, far more sympathetic to Shlomo, and while the Chamutzi family had intended to take Shlomo down from his role and instate their family patriarch, at the end, the curtain came down to reveal a union of the two families, as Shlomo had taken over the retelling of the Hanukkah story to the Chamutzi clan, a task usually reserved for Baruch as head of the Chamutzi clan which therefore here symbolizes the reconciliation of Baruch and Shlomo.

Source:

Weiss and Stern, Chanukat HaAchbarosh Shel HaShatiach

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EDIT: This is part of the 2019 AskHistorians April Fools prank!

This is actually the plot of the wonderful Rugrats holiday special, A Rugrats Chanukah. Olive pancakes were and are not a thing. Wagons with light-up menorahs were not a thing, though Stu's light-up menorah car in the special is absolutely based on real car menorahs today. There was no contemporary tradition of "miracle reenactments" at the time. "Antonica" is Angelica, who played the part of Antiochus in the Rugrats reenactment of the Chanukah story. Baruch HaKropoti is Grandpa Boris Kropotkin. Shlomo haRusi is his old frenemy Shlomo from his childhood back in Russia. The Chamutzi family, of course, is actually the Pickles family, and Ha'Ish Ha'Ra Shel Chanukah is the Meanie of Chanukah. The last paragraph is basically the third act of the film.

Weiss and Stern wrote the special, and of course HaAchbarosh Shel HaShatiach is The Rug Rat.

It's a great special, I highly recommend it!