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Chrismukkah

/ˈkɹɪsmʊkə/

Chrismukkah proper noun: the merged holiday of Christmas and Hanukkah.

Proper noun

Chrismukkah

  1. The merged holiday of Christmas and Hanukkah.
    • 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
    • “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

Origin of Chrismukkah

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.

Questions about Chrismukkah

What does Chrismukkah mean?
Chrismukkah means the merged holiday of Christmas and Hanukkah.
What part of speech is Chrismukkah?
Chrismukkah is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chrismukkah?
Chrismukkah is pronounced /ˈkɹɪsmʊkə/.

Words near Chrismukkah in the dictionary

  1. chrismatory
  2. chrismon
  3. chrismons
  4. chrisms
  5. Chrismukka
  6. Chrismukkah
  7. chrisom
  8. chrisom child
  9. chrisom children
  10. Chrisomalis
  11. chrisome

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