Chrismukkah was born #onthisday #chrismukkah #theoc
6Annual Chrismukkah themed episodes of the OC and the fact that Christmas Day and the first day of Hanukkah coincided in 2005 seemed to help cement the concept and in the years immediately after the episode a number of authors and sweater manufacturers, among others, jumped on the bandwagon.
In 2004, Chrismukkah.com was launched by a Jewish-Christian intermarried couple. heir website took the fictional O.C. Chrismukkah and brought it into reality, selling humorous Chrismukkah greeting cards and dispensing detailed mythology about the fictional holiday. The Chrismukkah.com website was widely credited with popularizing Chrismukkah to a non-television watching audience. Chrismukkah.com stirred up controversy in the Fall of 2004 when the New York Catholic League issued a national press release opposing Chrismukkah. Further, The Catholic League and the New York Board of Rabbis, in a joint statement, condemned Chrismukkah as "insulting" to Jews and Christians
Nearly Two decades later the celebration appears, on Google search at least, to retain a seasonal relevance though I have no data as to how many families actually still celebrate it and I have never personally met someone who did be interested to know if it is actually still a thing so please let me know in the comments
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