Chrismukkah

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Blend of Christmas +‎ Hannukah, popularized by the US television series The O.C. in the 2000s. A similar formation can be found in German Weihnukka (from Weihnachten (Christmas)), and compare also Dutch Chanoeklaas, a merger of Hanukkah and the Dutch winter holiday of Sinterklaas which similarly involvies gift-giving.

Proper noun[edit]

Chrismukkah

  1. (neologism) The merged holiday of Christmas and Hanukkah.
    • 2012, Joshua Eli Plaut, A Kosher Christmas: 'Tis the Season to be Jewish, page 147:
      Kimberly Duran of DallasNews.com, for example, referenced restaurants that served Chrismukkah foods in 2005 when Hanukkah and Christmas coincided.

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