Chanukah bush
n.— «Two of the brightest moments of the weekend’s viewing were Gertrude Berg’s account—on the Ed Sullivan show—of her father’s substitution of a “Chanukah bush” for a Christmas tree.» —“Fills Female Scrooge Parts” by Cynthia Lowry Indiana Evening Gazette (Pa.) Dec. 22, 1959. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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