Thanksgivukkah

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proper noun

A combined celebration of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.

Scrabble 36

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Thanksgivukah

  1. JudaismUSA combined celebration of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.First known use 2010s

    This recipe is based on one of my contributions to Thanksgivukkah that has lived on past all of that jazz.

    2016, Molly Yeh, Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from an Unlikely Life on a Farm, →ISBN
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    We’re still 24 hours away from Thanksgiving 2012, but it’s never too early to start thinking of next year, right? Apparently not, at least, not for the folks behind Thanksgivukkah. You see, next year Thanksgiving falls on the first night of Hanukkah, and well, “Thanksgiving” + “Hanukkah” = “Thanksgivukkah”. Get it?

    2012 November 21, Rafiss, “Well, This Exists: Thanksgivukkah”, in Heeb

    Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — fall on the same day this year, creating what many celebrants have dubbed “Thanksgivukkah.” And it’s opened up a whole new world of culinary opportunities.

    2013 October 21, Jim Romanoff, “Thanksgiving and Hanukkah — together at the table”, in Houston Chronicle

    The pairing of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah as Thanksgivukkah works so well, it raises the question among us daters -- why not pair up even more things in your life that can benefit you romantically?

    2015, Mark Miller, 500 Dates: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Online Dating Wars, →ISBN

    My mother requested that I make sufganiyot" -- Hanukkah jelly doughnuts -- "and did hear that some people are filling them with cranberry jam, which I think is a great idea for Thansgivukkah," Bialik chuckled.

    2016, Vance Lehmkuhl, V for Veg: The Best of Philly’s Vegan Food Column, →ISBN

Origin

Blend of Thanksgiving + Hanukkah. Coined for 2013, when the first day of Hanukkah fell on Thanksgiving.

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APA

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

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