Chrismukkah
n.— «Chrismukkah—A fusion version of Christmas for families in which one parent is Jewish and the other Christian—as in the Cohen household.» —“Guide to OC vocabulary” Telegraph (U.K.) Oct. 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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