This year the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day. Here's how some interfaith families are preparing to celebrate both holidays.

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Interfaith families find meaning in "Chrismukkah"

When you strip both holidays back, the differences aren’t so different. Both traditions are about food, family and celebration. Both embrace connection, community and love.

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(NPR) — The home in Morristown, New Jersey, is lit up with a sparkly Christmas tree. It’s adorned with ornaments — a snowman, tiny homemade frames with pictures of the kids and something a little less common — two Stars of David made of blue-painted popsicle sticks. Hanging from the mantel are red Christmas stockings, next to what the kids call blue “Hanukkah stockings.” There’s an Advent calendar and presents under the tree, along with menorahs…

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Interfaith families find meaning in 'Chrismukkah'

As soon as he was old enough to form a sentence, my son, Cole, started asking for a Christmas tree. This might seem like a no-brainer request if you celebrate Christmas every year, but we’re Jewish and our December decorations usually consist of an old brass menorah and a small blue and white Happy Hanukkah sign. Cole’s early pleas presented a dilemma: Do we go full Chrismukkah like Adam Brody’s character in The O.C., or do we stick to the ancie…

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(NPR) — The home in Morristown, New Jersey, is lit up with a sparkly Christmas tree. It’s adorned with ornaments — a snowman, tiny homemade frames with pictures of the kids and something a little less common — two Stars of David made of blue-painted popsicle sticks.
Hanging from the mantel are red Christmas stockings, next to what the kids call blue “Hanukkah stockings.” There’s an Advent calendar and presents under the tree, along with menorahs…

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