Happy Thanksgivukkah!

[Jingthing]

American Thanksgiving and Jewish Chanukkah happening on the SAME day!

Not happening again for 70,000 years (if ever). Yes, 70,000, not a typo!

Want to have some fun with a Thai? Tell them about the American tradition of the president pardoning turkeys. I tried that today and the local's head nearly exploded.

Edited November 28, 2013 by Jingthing

[rijb]

Isn't that like amnesty for an ex-PM?

[BookMan]

Thanksgivukkah?

Is that like Festivus?

[Jingthing]

Thanksgivukkah?

Is that like Festivus?

There's most def some overlap ...

So what are y'all doing for Thanksgivukkah?

Myself I'm heading out for a Chinese pork bun. I'm very traditional.

[Jingthing]

Welcome Popcorn.

First ever national Thanksgivukkah bird.

Most scandalously, this boid is UNCUT ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0_sEA6NXns4

Edited November 28, 2013 by Jingthing

[unclekleef]

. . . . Not happening again for 70,000 years (if ever). Yes, 70,000, not a typo! . . . . .

Actually this is not correct, the lst time Thanksgiving coincided with the first day of Chanukah was on November 29, 1888.

Will it ever happen again? Interesting question. If we project forward, assuming that:

1. Thanksgiving will be celebrated on the same schedule,
2. The people celebrating Thanksgiving will continue following the Gregorian calendar without modification,
3. The Jewish calendar will continue on its current 19-year cycle,

. . . then the next time the two will coincide would be when Thanksgiving falls on Chanukah eve in the year 2070. That would repeat itself in 2165. The reason I say "In theory" is . . . Originally, Thanksgiving was always on the last Thursday of November. In 1939, FDR decided it would be good for the economy to push Thanksgiving back a little, so he declared the fourth Thursday of that November to be Thanksgiving—even though there were five Thursdays to November that year. In 1942, that became federal law. But not all states went along with it. As late as 1956, Texas was still celebrating Thanksgiving a week later than the rest of the country. It can getmore complictaed, but this is neother the time, not the place to debate it . . . just enjoy two Festivals that are extraordinarilly similar.

[Suradit69]

It's A Menorah! It's A Turkey! It's A Menurkey!

This year, Thanksgiving and the first night of Hanukkah will coincide, and what better way to celebrate than with a “Menurkey” — a menorah shaped like a turkey.

Asher Weintraub, who just turned 10, is the inventor of the Menurkey.

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/11/28/menorah-turkey-menurkey

[Jingthing]

. . . . Not happening again for 70,000 years (if ever). Yes, 70,000, not a typo! . . . . .

Actually this is not correct, the lst time Thanksgiving coincided with the first day of Chanukah was on November 29, 1888.

Will it ever happen again? Interesting question. If we project forward, assuming that:

1. Thanksgiving will be celebrated on the same schedule,
2. The people celebrating Thanksgiving will continue following the Gregorian calendar without modification,
3. The Jewish calendar will continue on its current 19-year cycle,

. . . then the next time the two will coincide would be when Thanksgiving falls on Chanukah eve in the year 2070. That would repeat itself in 2165. The reason I say "In theory" is . . . Originally, Thanksgiving was always on the last Thursday of November. In 1939, FDR decided it would be good for the economy to push Thanksgiving back a little, so he declared the fourth Thursday of that November to be Thanksgiving—even though there were five Thursdays to November that year. In 1942, that became federal law. But not all states went along with it. As late as 1956, Texas was still celebrating Thanksgiving a week later than the rest of the country. It can getmore complictaed, but this is neother the time, not the place to debate it . . . just enjoy two Festivals that are extraordinarilly similar.

Hmmm.

That's debatable.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2013/11/thanksgivukkah_when_will_hanukkah_overlap_with_other_holidays.html

On Nov. 22, 76942 Hanukkah will coincide with Thanksgiving (again). Celebrate Thanksgivukkah by breaking out the novelty Thanksgivukkah T-shirt you bought in 2013.

Edited November 29, 2013 by Jingthing