Happy Chrismukkah! How to Stream ‘The OC’ Holiday Episodes

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This year, the Jewish celebration of the Festival of Lights (Hanukkah) begins at sundown on Wednesday, December 25 – AKA Christmas Day – and you know what that means: it’s time to celebrate Chrismukkah! It’s the first time Hanukkah has started on Christmas in nearly two decades (Judaism follows a lunar calendar, while Christianity follows a solar calendar), and the event feels like cosmic confirmation that the Adam Brody renaissance was written in the stars.

Seth Cohen, Brody’s character on O.Cis widely recognized for popularizing the term for the mixed holiday. Growing up in an interfaith household, Cohen wanted to maximize the celebration by combining the two holidays to create Chrismukkah. The result? Four excellent Chrismukkah episodes of O.C to stream this holiday season. Are you ready to celebrate Chrismukkah? Here’s what you need to know about the mixed holiday and where you can stream O.C

What is Chrismukkah?

Chrismukkah is the rare event in real life where the first night of Hanukkah corresponds to Christmas Day. This overlap has not occurred since 2005, just two years after O.C The character Seth Cohen popularized the concept on screen in the December 2003 holiday episode of the series, “The Best Chrismukkah Ever” (Season 1, Episode 13).

IN O.CGrowing up with a Jewish father and Protestant mother, Seth Cohen celebrates both holidays, so when the opportunity to merge the festivities presents itself, Seth really leans in.

When is Chrismukkah?

While Christmas Eve and Christmas Day remain on the 24th and 25th each year, Hanukkah spans eight days and follows the Jewish calendar, which is lunar-based, so the dates of Hanukkah change each year. This year, Hanukkah Eve falls on the 25th (Christmas Day), making it the perfect time to celebrate Chrismukkah.

Did O.C invent Chrismukkah?

While Seth Cohen may have popularized the idea of ​​celebrating both holidays together, the combined celebrations of Hanukkah and Christmas can be traced back to the 19th century.

Having said that, O.C has four Chrismukkah episodes for you to celebrate the holiday with!

Chrismukkah episodes of O.C:

  • “The Best Chrismukkah Ever” (Season 1, Episode 13)

  • “The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn’t” (Season 2, Episode 6)

  • “The Chrismukkah Bar Mitz-vahkkah” (Season 3, Episode 10)

  • “Chrismukk-huh?” (Season 4, Episode 7)

That’s how you see O.C Chrismukkah Episodes:

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