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Hanukkah and Christmas Together: Decorating for Two Holidays

December 6, 2012 By Karen Cooper 1 Comment

As I explained in this post, we celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas here at HQ.

And that can get a little, ahem, challenging, in terms of decorating.

Dreidels and Christmas Apples

Gotta combine the best of both holidays in one.

Menorah and bells

I thought I’d share some pictures of how we decorate for the holidays here.

Holiday entry

When you enter our home, you are greeted with a Christmas tree and a menorah.  Christmas apples and dreidels.  And a welcome sign (made from a piece of slate and chalk).

Christmas apples and dreidels

If you don’t know what a dreidel is, it’s a top with Hebrew letters on it.  You use it to play a game with gelt, which are chocolate coins.

If you don’t know what a Christmas apple is, I’m not sure either, but my mother always had these in our home at Christmas, so I do, too.

choo choo menorah

This is the menorah that my mother-in-law gave my son for his first Hanukkah.  We let the kids use this menorah (we help them light the candles).

The Happy Amalgamation

It’s eclectic, but it works for us.

bells and menorah

On our kitchen counter, we have bells in a terrarium (this post talks about how I made this and other easy and inexpensive holiday decorations) and Dear Husband’s menorah.  He got the menorah when he traveled to Israel after he graduated from law school.

And roses, because I needed them.  They have nothing to do with the holidays and everything to do with me having a rough week.

D's menorah mat

My son made the placemat under the menorah.  It’s so bright and colorful.  I love it.

What do you do to decorate for the holidays?

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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  1. Danielle says

    December 6, 2012 at 3:47 am

    Ha ha I love your explanation of Christmas apples. I don’t know what they are either.

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