The book of 2 Maccabees 15:36 actually calls the festival Mordecai’s day, because it was Mordecai who played an important part in the events pertaining to the festival. Why would the maccabees not call it by the name of Judas who led the army the defeated Nicanor????
Ever heard of symbolism? The Jews in the period from the 2d century BCE to the 2d century CE quite commonly wrote in symbolic language ie the Apocryphal book of Judith.
There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008