Meanings
alternative Thanksgivukah
- 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, →ISBN4 more examples
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 HeebThanksgiving 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 ChronicleThe 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, →ISBNMy 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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