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October 5, 2013 02:00 pm GMT

A 9-Year-Old Created This 3D-Printed Thanksgivukkah Centerpiece

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This Thanksgiving — sorry, this Hanukkah — something amazing is happening. Nov. 28 is the first day of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, and it’s the first time in history the two holidays fall on the same date. It also won’t happen again until the year 79,811 — another 77,798 years from now. Thank an annual drift in the Jewish calendar.

Move over, Festivus. The Internet has a new holiday obsession. Make room for — wait for it — Thanksgivukkah.

While this holiday doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily as "Festivus," it has nevertheless made a major splash on the Internet without the use of a 13-year-old Seinfeld episode. Fruitcakes and possibly the government shutdown might last another 2,500 generations, but most of us certainly will not. Thus, Jewish and non-Jewish Internet users alike are seizing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to mark Thanksgivukkah. Read more...

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