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Hanukkah bush

Hanukkah bush
 n.— «I’ve learned that the phrase “Hanukkah bush” was what people called Christmas trees put up in Jewish homes.» —“Yiddle Me This” by Liz Spikol Philadelphia Weekly (Pa.) Nov. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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