Chrismukkah: Everything You Need to Know to Celebrate the Hybrid Holiday

by Ron Gompertz

Book Overview

A holiday guide for mixed-faith families who celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah presents an entertaining guide to the hybrid holiday of Chrismukkah, exploring a wide range of seasonal events, history, traditions, and lore, while offering tips on decorating, tchotchkes, menorah options, games, recipes, and party do's and don'ts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584795581
• ISBN13: 9781584795582
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Chrismukkah

"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!

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.

A really funny book with lots of great pictures

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...

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!

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISMUKKAH!!!!

THE BEST, MOST HILARIOUS--AND USEFUL--BOOK EVER FOR MIXED FAITH FOLKS WHO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND HANNUKAH WITH DOUBLE-THE-FUN FANFARE! FOR EVERYONE WHO KNOWS THE JOYS AND OYS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THIS BOOK VALIDATES, ENRICHES, ENTERTAINS, AND IS SO FUNNY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, "YULE PLOTZ!"