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Chrismukkah: Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday | 
 enlarge | Author: Ron Gompertz
Publisher: "Stewart, Tabori and Chang"
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 7 x 0.1
ISBN: 1584795581
Dewey Decimal Number: 263.915
EAN: 9781584795582
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Product Description
Christmas meets Hanukkah for millions of mixed-faith families who deck their trees with Stars of David and spin the dreidel under mistletoe. Here is a one-of-a-kind, amusingly illustrated and endlessly entertaining guide to the joys and oys of celebrating Chrismukkah, the hybrid holiday.
A veritable cornucopia of seasonal delights, this handy (and often hilarious) lifestyle guide walks us through all the Chrismukkah events, history, and lore. You ll learn about hybrid holiday traditions in decorating (ornaments, wreaths, menorahs, dreidels); innovative tchotchkes (Chrismukkah cards, stockings, lights); and a plethora of menorah options (Godzilla or snowman, anyone?). Plus, the book includes rollicking games to play and songs to sing, along with easy-to-follow recipes for Latkes with Sugar Plum Fairy Sauce, General Saul s Chicken, Mama Mia Matzah Pizza!, Blitzen s Blintzes, and other Noel Noshes. Your yuletide happy hours will never be the same once you start mixing a Yule Plotz, Meshugga Nog, or Manishewitz Mulled Wine.
Rounding out the mix are chapters on snazzy holiday hats and caps, interfaith dog and cat gift suggestions, and office-party dos and don ts. It s beginning to look a lot like Chrismukkah, and now we ll all be ready to celebrate with style!
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Chrismukkah January 6, 2009
BF
"Chrismukkah" is a clever, thorough take on two classic holiday traditions. The author takes the trappings of Hanukkah, the tinsel of Christmas, stuffs them both into a blender and shares the hilarious hybrid results. Recipes, cards, photos, music and family traditions all get turned on their heads in this delightfully tongue-in-cheek re-imagining of two familiar holiday traditions. Perfect for families of mixed backgrounds or if you simply like your holiday nog spiked with the humor of Jon Stewart. My Mom loved it. Hava Tannenbaum!
Hilarious! June 8, 2008
S. Siegel (Boston, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book! At first I thought it was just a humor book, but although it is quite funny, it also has a serious purpose. It really has a lot of information about how to create a holiday to celebrate during December that both members of a Jewish-Christian interfaith couple can be happy with. It has recipes and lot of other ideas and information. It actually has instructions for making a dreidel out of clay and playing dreidel, as well as recipes for Shirley Temple Emanuel and Meshuggeh Nog Latte, as well as a good list of famous half-Jews. It also has a great glossary with definitions like "Kibbitz: To chat, gab, engage in frivolous conversation. What WASPs like to do during cocktail hours before the holiday dinner. Not to be confused with kibbutz, a farm in Israel." A great gift for interfaith couples or people with interfaith couples in their family who have an interest in and sense of humor about religion.
 blended family October 17, 2007
M. Stein (Santa Rosa, Ca)
This book is great for ways to help "blended" families celebrate both Chanukah and Christmas in a way that does not short change either celebration. Lots of crafts and recipes that the children can use to help them understand that it is possible to respect and enjoy both of their parents religion. I am glad I bought it. They will be glad to receive it.
A really funny book with lots of great pictures December 6, 2006
M. Gantt
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book fits my life...I decorate our Chrismukkah tree with menorahs as well as colorful glass balls. The wreath on our door has dreidels on it instead of pine cones and holly. Our daughter looks forward to both lighting the tree AND the Hanukkah candles. There are lots of funny tips and trivia about those who also celebrate both holidays in December. The author also has a self-published cookbook with lots of hilarious and yummy recipes - [...]
This book couldn't be any better... October 25, 2006
R. Neustadt (Seattle, WA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've only said that a couple times in my life. Gompertz treats the subject with insanely clever humor and heart and is a top-notch writer. This isn't just a gimmick; it's clear this guy really cares about Jews and Gentiles embracing and carrying on their own traditions...together.
I'm getting this book for all my interfaith couple friends (and the list is growing). What a terrific gift for the holiday season!
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