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I love Chrismukkah and I’m not afraid to admit it

JL;DR SUMMARY The piece explores the hybrid celebration of "Chrismukkah," where Christmas traditions blend with the Jewish festival of Chanukah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FamilyJewish IdentityTraditionJewish MusiciansChristmasCultural IntegrationChanukahInterfaithBritish JewsChrismukkah

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Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"of Polish Jews who left Warsaw for England in the 1800s, having changed their name to the Anglicised Bray"
United Kingdom
"its the time of year that best sums up the entirety of my familys British-Jewish identity, and the way we were brought up as the descenda"

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