Portmanteau neologism of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah convergence
Thanksgivukkah is a holiday name portmanteau neologism given to the convergence of the American holiday of Thanksgiving and the first day (and second night) of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Thursday, November 28, 2013.[1][2][3] It was the result of a rare coincidence between the lunisolar Hebrew calendar (whose dates reflect both the moon phase and the time of the solar year, and which can have between 353 and 385 days per year) and the Gregorian calendar.[4][5][6][7] Because the calendars are not calculated the same way, Hanukkah appears from year to year on different dates on the Gregorian calendar, ranging from late November to early January.[8][9]
The term "Thanksgivukkah" was trademarked by Dana Gitell, a Boston-area resident who, along with her sister-in-law, Deborah Gitell, created a Facebook page and a Twitter account devoted to the phenomenon and bought the URL.[10][11]Boston Magazine reported that the idea was popular all over the U.S.[11]
There has been some disagreement about the name: the Manischewitz company, the country’s top producer of kosher food, has spelled the dual-holiday with one fewer "k" towards the end, as “Thanksgivukah”;[12] and Israeli newspaper Haaretz posed the question: "Why 'Thanksgivukkah'? Why not 'Chanksgiving?'".[13]Haaretz points to a clip from The O.C., the source of the portmanteau "Chrismukkah", as the basis of the "Thanksgivukkah" portmanteau.
^Christine Byrne (October 2, 2013). "How To Celebrate Thanksgivukkah, The Best Holiday Of All Time". Buzzfeed. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
^Stu Bykofsky (October 22, 2012). "Thanks for Thanukkah!". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
^אלכס דורון וצביקה קליין (October 11, 2013). "אירוע נדיר: חנוכה וחג ההודיה מתאחדים" (in Hebrew). Maariv. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
^Katy Steinmetz (November 1, 2013). "What Is Thanksgivukkah?". TIME. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
^Vicki Hyman (October 14, 2013). "Thanksgivukkah: New traditions for a Thanksgiving nosh". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
^Molly Parr (September 30, 2013). "Four Questions with Jonathan Mizrahi, Jewish Calendar Math Whiz | Thanksgivukkah". Thanksgivukkahboston.com. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
^"WATCH: Stephen Colbert laments Thanksgivukkah". Haaretz. March 6, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
^Ben Popken (September 19, 2013). "Chanukah and Thanksgiving mash-up to create 'Thanksgivukkah'". TODAY. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
^Sharyn Jackson (March 11, 2013). "Thanksgivukkah pulls a chair up to the table". USA Today. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
^Molly Parr (September 30, 2013). "Four Questions with Dana Gitell, Creator of Thanksgivukkah.com". Thanksgivukkahboston.com. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
^ abSteve Annear (October 5, 2013). "Thanksgivukkah: Massachusetts Coins Term For Rare Holiday Celebration; Thanksgiving and Hanukkah won't fall on the same day for another 76,000 years, so people are making sure they celebrate with pride". Boston Magazine. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
^Cite error: The named reference nytimes1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Kaplan, Allison (October 13, 2013). "Hanukkah occupies Thanksgiving: Colbert hates it, Jews love it". Haaretz. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
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