Chrismukkah is a pop-culture neologism referring to the merging of the holidays of Christianity's Christmas and Judaism's Hanukkah as celebrated in interfaith households where one parent may be of Christian heritage and another parent of Jewish heritage. Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Hanukkah (חנוכה alt Chanukah) also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the The term interfaith or interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (ie A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Or from two Jewish parents, where one may not be religious at all (having a desire to put up a Christmas tree) while the other is very religious causing Christmas and Hanukkah to cancel each other out into one blur of a gift giving holiday. The word itself is a portmanteau arisen through the blending of the words "Christmas" and "Hanukkah". In Linguistics, a blend is a word formed from parts of two other words Chrismukkah is also celebrated as an ironic, alternative holiday, much like the Seinfeld-derived "Festivus. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons " USA Today has described it as "[t]he newest faux holiday that companies are using to make a buck this season". USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. [1]
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"A Christmas celebration with a tree, songs, and gifts became a symbol of being a part of German culture for many middle-class Jewish families in the 19th century. Some Jews celebrated Christmas as a secular "festival of the world around us" without religious meaning, or they transferred Christmas customs to the Hanukkah festival. There was an episode of the television program thirtysomething, which featured a fight over whether to celebrate Christmas or Hannukah for a baby's first holiday season in an interfaith home, but there was no mention of "Chrismukkah. "
Chrismukkah was popularized by FOX television program The O.C.. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California. On the show, the character Seth Cohen has a Jewish father and a Protestant mother. Seth Cohen is a Fictional character on FOX series The OC, played by Adam Brody. As a way to merge the two faiths, Seth claims to have "created Chrismukkah. " The series included annual Chrismukkah episodes for every season of its run. Particulars of when exactly the holiday was celebrated were not given; Seth simply said in the first season's Chrismukkah episode that it was "eight days of gifts, followed by a day of many gifts," with a stress on the word "many"(this was repeated in the second season's Chrismukkah episode by Seth's new brother Ryan, with an added "many"). The only references to how it was celebrated, other than the family displaying both a Christmas tree and a Hanukkah menorah, was that the Cohens spent Christmas day itself--rather than going out for Chinese food and a movie as many American Jews have taken up in recent years--watching Christmukkah-season-themed movies they had rented, like It's a Wonderful Life and Fiddler on the Roof at home while eating Chinese takeout. Hanukkah Menorah ( Hebrew: מנורה menorah) (also חַנֻכִּיָּה Hanukiah, or Chanukkiyah, pl It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story " The Greatest Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set Chrismukkah later received mention in the television series, Grey's Anatomy. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama.
In 2004, Chrismukkah. com was launched by Ron and Michelle Gompertz, a Jewish-Christian intermarried couple in Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman is a city in and the County seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state Their website took the fictional O.C. Chrismukkah and brought it into reality, selling humorous Chrismukkah greeting cards and dispensing detailed mythology about the fictional holiday. This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California. The Chrismukkah. com web site was widely credited with popularizing Chrismukkah to a non-television watching audience.
Chrismukkah. com stirred up controversy in the Fall of 2004 when the New York Catholic League issued a national press release opposing Chrismukkah. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, widely known as The Catholic League, is an anti-defamation non-profit group in the United States with Further, The Catholic League and the New York Board of Rabbis, in a joint statement, condemned Chrismukkah as "insulting" to Jews and Christians. [1]
In December, Chrismukkah was listed in Time Magazine as one of the "buzzwords" of the year. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and A buzzword (also fashion word and vogue word) is a vague Idiom, usually a Neologism, that is common to managerial technical administrative [2] It was also reported in a Scottish newspaper, that Chrismukkah had been added to the authoritative "Chambers" dictionary. [3] In 2005, Chrismukkah. com founder Ron Gompertz authored a humorous book of Chrismukkah recipes called Chrismukkah! The Merry Mish-Mash Holiday Cookbook. Gompertz's follow-up book, entitled Chrismukkah - Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday (published by Stewart, Tabori and Chang) was released in October 2006. A rival book by Gersh Kuntzman, Chrismukkah: The Official Guide to the World's Best-Loved Holiday (Sasquatch Press), came out at around the same time.
Some marketers intentionally leave out the "T" from Christmas in the word Chrismukkah, as so that "Christ" would not be spelled out. Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed " [1]
Similar Holidays
A similarly named holiday called Christmanukkah was featured in The Strangerhood. Unlike Chrismukkah, Christmanukkah is twenty days long (twelve days of Christmas and another eight for Hanukkah), and all of the days are spent receiving gifts and eating til passing out.
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References
- ^ a b c McCarthy, Michael. A Hanukkah bush is bush or Tree —real or simulated— that some American and Canadian Jewish families display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah Chrismahanukwanzakah (sometimes spelt Chrismahanakwanzaka, Chrismahanakwanza or Chrismahanakwanzika) is a fictional holiday that was created by Virgin Winterval is a Portmanteau word coined to describe all festivities taking place around the end of the year (the winter in the Northern Hemisphere) Kongsi Raya is a Malaysian Portmanteau, denoting the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri ( Eid ul-Fitr) Festivals DeepaRaya is a Malaysian Portmanteau combining the names of the Deepavali and Hari Raya Festivals which are traditionally celebrated Seth Cohen is a Fictional character on FOX series The OC, played by Adam Brody. "Have a merry little Chrismukkah" (HTML), USA TODAY, 2004-12-16. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
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- ^ Martell, Peter. "Scot's Yngling sails on to Blackberries of the blogosphere" (HTML), The Scotsman, 2004-12-12. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Retrieved on 2007-03-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
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