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Thanksgivukkah

Thanksgivukkah proper noun: a combined celebration of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.

Proper noun

Thanksgivukkah

  1. (Judaism, US) A combined celebration of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
    • 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” =...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

Examples of Thanksgivukkah in a sentence

  • Apparently not, at least, not for the folks behind Thanksgivukkah.2012 November 21, Rafiss, “Well, This Exists: Thanksgivukkah”, in Heeb:
  • 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:
  • 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:

Forms of Thanksgivukkah

alternative formThanksgivukah

Origin of Thanksgivukkah

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

Questions about Thanksgivukkah

What does Thanksgivukkah mean?
Thanksgivukkah means a combined celebration of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
How do you use Thanksgivukkah in a sentence?
Apparently not, at least, not for the folks behind Thanksgivukkah.
What part of speech is Thanksgivukkah?
Thanksgivukkah is a proper noun.

Words near Thanksgivukkah in the dictionary

  1. thanksgivings
  2. Thanksgivingtide
  3. Thanksgivingtides
  4. Thanksgivingy
  5. Thanksgivukah
  6. Thanksgivukkah
  7. thanksh
  8. thanksies
  9. Thanksmas
  10. Thanksmases
  11. thanksome

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