MERRY CHRISMUKKAH

PHOTO: HOLIDAYS 2020, VALLEY VIEW ST CHARLES ILLINOIS

Merry Happy Chrismukkah!

Chrismukkah is here!

Interfaith Jewish-Christian homes in America filled with family and friends

Gather to enjoy a merging of two events

When on Christmas Day, Hanukkah is celebrated

Smell the Manischewitz-brined turkey, fried potato latkes and sufganiyot

Sit at the festive table adorned with a gelt runner and give thanks for this joyous holiday season

Eat challah stuffing, cranberry applesauce, and pecan pie rugelach

Indulge yourself by a fireplace with delicious holiday nog, a warm cup of apple cider or hot cocoa covered in whip cream drizzled with candy cane

Don’t forget to grab a plate of Christmas cookies!

Sit by a decorative beautifully lit evergreen and open wrapped gifts given with love

Then come and play a game of dreidel

Spinning, twisting

Shin, put in

Hey, take half

Nun, pass along

Gimel, get all

Sing Christmas carols and “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah.”

Eight candles will glow, the miracle of light and new life we remember

As we retell the story of the brave Maccabees and the birth of a Savior

Give thanks for their victory, give thanks for the gift of Jesus

Chag Sameach! (Happy Holiday!)

Author’s Note:

The holiday of Chrismukkah comes to our doors this year when Christmas and Hanukkah overlap on the same day and the first night which begins at sundown. It is believed that the very first observed Christmukkah occurred in Eastern Europe in Germany during the 19th century.

Glossary

Chrismukkah, is the merging of the two holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah

Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish holiday remembering the rededication of the Second Temple

Menorah (Hanukiah), a nine-branched candelabra used on Hanukkah

Dreidel, a four-sided spinning top played with during Hanukkah

Challah, Jewish bread

Rugelach, Jewish pastry

Sufganiyah, traditional Hanukkah donut

Latkes, potato pancake

Gelt, Yiddish for "money"; chocolate coins

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