#hanukkah sweater

[measuredandslow]

The last of this week’s dinos goes to their new home today!

#crochet #yarn #handmade #crocheted #softie #crocheting #hanukkah #Hanukkah sweater #knitting #holiday decorations

[is-the-thing-actually-jewish]

are Hanukkah sweaters a Jewish thing? i've seen them before but 90% of the time, they're people trying to make christmas displays more "inclusive." so are they legit Jewish or no?

Rating: Capitalism.

Hanukkah sweaters are a prime example of what I previously characterized as "capitalism's tendency to tepidly repackage any Christmas symbols in literally or metaphorically blue-and-silver wrapping paper to appeal to a Jewish market." As the "ugly sweater" phenomenon has grown more popular, retailers saw an excellent opportunity to widen their market by having "Hanukkah" versions.

That said, there's a wide range of Hanukkah sweaters out there, some of which are more problematic than others. Ones that are literally just recolored Christmas designs with a couple Jewish-y things tacked on, like this "Shalom Gnome" design or this "Oy to the World" design are more problematic than enthusiastically tacky designed-from-the-beginning-to-be-Jewish ones. The former says "Hanukkah! It's Christmas for Jews! Jews! They're just Christians without Santa or Jesus!" while the latter says, "Oh, you're going to walk around with an eyesore sweater full of tinsel and actual little jingle bells as though anyone could possibly forget that it's Christmas season in this country? I see you, I see you, and I'm just going to casually wear this sweater with a menorah and candles that actually light up because Judaism rocks, that's why."

Then there's a whole genre of Hanukkah sweaters with, let's say, more adult content, and people's mileage may greatly vary on how they feel about them. Personally, I find the ones riffing off more secular aspects of the holiday to be largely harmless, such as this "You Spin Me Right Round, Baby" design with dreidels. On the other hand, while some may find it amusingly subversive, I find ones making fun of the religious part of the holiday (i.e., the actual hanukkiah/menorah) to be in poor taste at best. There are a plethora of "let's get lit" Hanukkah sweaters like this one that genuinely annoy me. (For one thing, Hanukkah isn't even a drinking holiday! If you want a drinking holiday, we actually have those but Hanukkah isn't it!) Ones like this that make it into a creepy pick-up line actively disgust me. And this "gelt digger" one is genuinely antisemetic, given the stereotypes about Jews and money.

I would be remiss not to mention what I personally think is the best of the Hanukkah sweater subgenres: animal puns. My fiance owns this Meowzel Tov sweater with a truly garish design. What does "mazel tov" have to do with Hanukkah, you may ask? Absolutely nothing, but hey, cats! Can't be upset about Jewish cats! Similarly, llamas? Not Jewish at all! But Happy Llamakka? Okay, cute pun, cute graphic, I'm reluctantly charmed. Your Menorasaurus would not be kosher for actual use as the candles are all different heights, but you know what, that actually makes me smile.

So, basically: If you get joy out of being loudly Jewish during a season where everything is yelling about Christianity all the time, go ahead and wear your ridiculous ugly sweater to the company party. Just take a close look at the design to make sure it's not actually full of Christmas trees, not pretending something extremely Christmas is Jewish because it's a pun now, doesn't use Charedi men as a cartoon stand-in for anyone Jewish, and doesn't makes being Jewish primarily about not being Christian.

In sum: RIP my browser history, I'm going to be getting such terrible ads for the next several weeks. Click the links at your own risk.

~Mod Leora

#rating: capitalism #hanukkah #hanukkah sweaters #christian hegemony #jumblr #animal puns

[clydollz]

happy holidays 🎄🕎

#south park #stan marsh #kenny mccormick #eric cartman #kyle broflovski #ike broflovski #cartman #artists on tumblr #digital art #fanart #illustration #i rewatched all the christmas eps while drawing #woodland critter christmas will forever be the best one #and i love the little sweater cartman wears in red sleigh down i had to draw him in it #also i wldve posted hanukkah art earlier but i literally FORGOT kyle is jewish????? #i was originally going to draw him opening presents with the other boys #lol oops

[whizzer-wins]

lame gaudy dad sweater leaves two dead five injured

#happy hanukkah! #genuinely should’ve made the sweater even more irritating #marvin #whizzer brown #falsettos

[retrocandyart]

Get your girlfriend Monika, it’s time to celebrate Hanukkah!

#candy draws #my art #ddlc #monika #monika ddlc #doki doki literature club #ddlc monika #monika doki doki literature club #hanukkah #yes i designed the sweater myself

[fletchier]

A happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate, and happy holidays to all!

#mario #luigi #bowser #bowser jr #me art #hanukkah #hiiii everyone i'm not dead! #most of my stuff has been og content that i've neglected to post hdfjghh #this is the first fanart i've made in a WHILE bc I wanted to make something a bit more for the holidays #but yeah! i associate mario w/ a jewish friend of mine & wanted some ugly sweater action #mario's sweater says challah at ya boy #i missed drawing them they're so fun

[hazeltailofficial]

HOLIDAY FLASHBACK

Happy Llamakah Sweatshirt

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#happy llamakah #happy hanukkah #happy hannukah #happy chanukah #happy chanukkah #chanukah #chanukkah #hannukah #hanukkah #hanukah #channukah #jewish holidays #winter season #holiday season #winter fashion #winter style #winter sweater #plus size fashion #plus size style #curvy fashion #curvy style #fashion #fashion blog #fashion blogger #style blogger #style blog post #hazeltail #hazeltailxo #hazeltail official #hazeltailofficial

[creative-chaos-apparently]

HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN ANY WEATHER!!

#any weather jedtavius #happy holidays #merry christmas #happy hanukkah #i am not Jewish but I looked up Hanukkah sweaters and Nicky’s made me laugh so hard #night at the museum #jedtavius #natm #my art #my fanfics #jedediah and octavius

[skysdrawings]

Some Christmas/Hanukkah Pines family doodles I made yesterday

#gravity falls #art #artists on tumblr #doodles #christmas #hanukkah #pines family #dipper pines #mabel pines #stan pines #ford pines #waddles #ugly christmas sweater #Mabel made them #but use a different kind of yarn to add on to the ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ feel

[thebreakfastgenie]

The 4077th would have slayed at an ugly Christmas sweater party.

#sidney rocks up in a hanukkah sweater #with like. a light up menorah in it #mashposting

[antelabbitdoods]

CIPHER CLAUS WILL NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE!

(based on this tweet)

#dipper: WE'RE JEWISH WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE #(yes mabel is filming the fight) #(also yes they are wearing matching hanukkah sweaters) #parker draws #art #fanart #artists on tumblr #christmas #winter #hanukkah #gravity falls #dipper pines #mabel pines #bill cipher #alex hirsch #gravity falls fanart #dipper pines fanart #mabel pines fanart #bill cipher fanart #jason ritter #kristen schaal

[pervypeachdraws]

they’re holding hands under the sweater

#miraculous ladybug #nathaniel kurtzberg #marc anciel #marcnath #marcaniel #doodle #this was supposed to be Sabrina and Nath as embarrassed cousins in ugly Hanukkah sweaters #but then I found this and I just #couldn't pass it up

[is-the-thing-actually-jewish]

in honor of ur ugly hanukkah sweater post i would like to share my favorite hanukkah shirt alive. i got it from the la brea tar pits in LA last year during thanksgiving and it is a design of sloths and candles with text that says MAZEL SLOTH. MAZEL SLOTH!!!!! its my favorite purchase ive ever made. thank u that is all

Thank you for sharing! Thanks also to everyone in the comments and tags of the Hanukkah sweater post for sharing about their sweaters. Shout out to "happy honk" with a menorah-wielding goose as a top-tier entry in the "animal puns" category of Hanukkah sweater, and which I immediately regretted not including.

~Mod Leora

#not a rating #jumblr #hanukkah sweaters #animal puns

[guiltypandas]

They were asked to compete in an ugly sweater competition.

#Yes Tails is wearing a Hanukkah sweater let me live #Sonic #sonic the hedgehog #Tails #miles tails prower #tails the fox #And yes Sonic is wearing an among us sweater what of it #sonic and tails #When your found family celebrates two different sets of holidays so you celebrate all of them (ahem ahem Sonic and Tails)

[lovemarisolluna]

Crying because this silly hanukkah sweater is so delightful and just what I need this year (should be online 9/29)

#I might need a hanukkah sweater for myself this year too #after years of one (1) outfit and a menorah set #this and the blind bags are everything I've ever wanted #ag dolls #american girl dolls #also the PC hanukkah outfit was retired in 1999 and we didn't get another one til LAST YEAR

[sambarsky]

116.) My third Hanukkah sweater. Featuring a menorah and dreidals like the other two. Available as a T-shirt, which my wife is wearing in this picture. #sambarsky #sambarskysweaters #sambarskyknitter #knit #knitting #knitter #art #artist #sweater #intarsia #handknit #hanukkah #chanukah #hanukah #menorah #menorahs #dreidal #hanukkahmenorah #candle #candles #hanukahcandles #hanukkahcandles #chanukahcandles #latke #latkes (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrZW5otsSWz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sambarsky #sambarskysweaters #sambarskyknitter #knit #knitting #knitter #art #artist #sweater #intarsia #handknit #hanukkah #chanukah #hanukah #menorah #menorahs #dreidal #hanukkahmenorah #candle #candles #hanukahcandles #hanukkahcandles #chanukahcandles #latke #latkes