Chrismukkah

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/ˈkɹɪsmʊkə/

proper noun

The merged holiday of Christmas and Hanukkah.

OriginEnglish Hanukkah ← Middle English Cristemasse ← Old English Cristes mæsse →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The merged holiday of Christmas and Hanukkah.

    “For me, Chrismukkah represents our relationship at its best,” Pham said in a CNN iReport.

    2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013
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    Kimberly Duran of DallasNews.com, for example, referenced restaurants that served Chrismukkah foods in 2005 when Hanukkah and Christmas coincided.

    2012, Joshua Eli Plaut, A Kosher Christmas: 'Tis the Season to be Jewish, page 147

    Celebrating both holidays is nothing new. But the TV show “The O.C.” helped popularize a term for it when the character Seth Cohen (played by Adam Brody) celebrated “Chrismukkah” in an episode in 2003.

    2024 December 21, Remy Tumin, Claire Moses, “This Chrismukkah, Latkes and Eggnog Go Together”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2024

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰrey-
  3. Ancient Greekχρίω (khríō)
  4. Ancient Greekχρῑστός (khrīstós)
  5. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)
  6. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)
  7. Ancient GreekΧρῑστός (Khrīstós)
  8. LatinChrīstus
  9. Old EnglishCrist
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  13. Proto-Italic*meitō
  14. Old Latinmītō
  15. Latinmittō
  16. Latinmissiō
  17. Latinmissa
  18. Old Englishmæsse
  19. Old EnglishCristes mæsse
  20. Middle EnglishCristemasse
  21. EnglishChristmas
  22. EnglishHanukkah
  23. EnglishChrismukkah

Blend of Christmas + Hanukkah. 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 involves gift-giving.

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Cite this entry
APA

Chrismukkah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrismukkah

MLA

“Chrismukkah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrismukkah. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chrismukkah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrismukkah.

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