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Chrismukkah 

The ultimate holiday. A combination of Christmas and Hannukah. Twice the resistance of a normal holiday because Jesus and Moses are on your side.
Snappp Sonnn, I'm stoookkked for CHRISMUKKAH!!!
Chrismukkah by K-Dizzzz July 20, 2008

Christmakkuh 

The December holiday, created on the WB series the O.C., by the half-Jew half-Gentile character Seth Cohen. A combination of Christmas and Hanukkah with eight days of small presents followed by one day of a lot of presents, Christmas movies, and Chinese food.
It's a Christmakkuh miracle!
Are you coming over for Christmakkuh dinner?
Christmakkuh by RemLou January 10, 2008

Chrismukkah 

A satiric term for the merging of December holiday traditions within a mixed-faith family, or by a person who celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah. Chrismukkah is also an ironic, alternative winter holiday, much like the Seinfeld-derived "Festivus."

The term has been used by some in the Jewish community as a wry commentary on the growing commercialization of Hanukkah in reaction to the dominance of Christmas in American culture.

In 2005, the Jewish Museum of Berlin presented a show called Chrismukkah and sourced it's origin to assimilated German-Jews of the late 1800s who called the holiday "Weihnukkah." Weihnachten is the German word for Christmas.

In the United States, Chrismukkah caught on in the late 1990s after a faux press release written by school teacher Michael Nathanson was read on NPR's Car Talk. It was widely circulated through email and Internet joke websites. Chrismukkah gained pop-culture fame after being featured in the FOX television program The O.C. A character Seth Cohen is often mistakenly credited with "inventing" Chrismukkah.
Oy Joy and Merry Mazeltov, is it really Chrismukkah time again?
Chrismukkah by Ron Gompertz December 29, 2006

Chrismukkah 

A popular marriage between the words "Christmas" and "Hanukkah" celebrated mostly by interfaith (Christian and Jewish) couples. Sources of this word date back to the 1800s and not the television show the OC (look it up).
Happy Chrismukkah: Eight days of presents, followed by one day of many presents.
Chrismukkah by obey gravity December 13, 2008

Chrismukkah 

Mixed celebration of Hannukkah and Christmas for Christian/Jewish families. Originated from The OC.
Happy Chrismukkah: Eight days of presents, followed by one day of many presents.
Chrismukkah by iceboots July 19, 2005

Chrismukkah 

The holiday mixture of Hannukkah and Christmas for those of us who have a dad who's Christian and mom who's Jewish or vice versa. Its origin is from the Fox television show The O.C.
Seth Cohen: Happy Chrismukkah Summer and Anna!
Anna: Why wasn't I said first?
Summer: 'Cause I'm Better!
((welcome to the O.C.))
Chrismukkah by Sylvia Glynnifred December 5, 2003