This post brought to you by the fabulous
Thanksgivukkah. Are you familiar? Ok good, glad that’s taken
care of (but please please please do not brine your turkey in Manischewitz,
it would be much more fitting, and tasty, to deep-fry it). To me,
Thanksgivukkah is like when two of your fav movies are on 2 different channels
instead of back-to-back, or if the Golden Globes and Oscars were on the same
night, or like a traffic jam when you’re already late (oops, nope, sorry, lost
it there for a minute). Spread the joy around a little, wouldja? I know Merry
Meri and I agree that, at first, we were not so merry about these holidays
overlapping.
I like my Thanksgiving - time with family, in a warm
house, eating warm, yummy food and feeling blessed to have all of those things,
and more, in my life. And then roughly three weeks later (give or take) our
houses fill with warmth once more, this time, from the light of the Menorah at
sundown. We eat fried potato latkes with sour cream (so so so good) or
applesauce (also delish) and fried dough (sufganiyot). We fry, ok?
It’s alllll about the oil (but isn’t everything, really?). Oh, and I watch this video multiple
times daily. I love these holidays. So while the overlapping is fun, and a
chance to change things up, I’m a wee bit disappointed that within a week, both
holidays will be over.
But it IS once-in-a-lifetime, and next year the holiday
season will be back to normal (and it’s not in my nature to be a scrooge). So,
let’s celebrate! Buy the Menurkey (g-e-n-i-u-s!) Wear the shirts!
Or if you’re me and my family…
* put colorful dreidels in glass vases and DIY a mini
pumpkin menorah
for centerpieces
* Pop a super cute printable into an 8x10 frame for
instant décor. Oh wait…I couldn’t really find one that worked…
Soooo…I made one!1 And I’m sharing it with
you! Click the image above to open it, save it to your computer and print as an 8x10.
Use it to jazz up the dessert table, or add to a mantle display, or don’t,
because you’re either A. not Jewish or B. don’t believe in Pilgrims or sweet
potato pie. Enjoy!
1 I ‘designed’
this in Photoshop Elements. While this is an original, with the prevalence of Pinterest,
and Etsy, and general interwebs, I’m sure that the inspiration sunk into my
subconscious at some point. I also used a few fairly ubiquitous phrases that
have popped up along with Thanksgivukkah.
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