{"id":604,"date":"2013-12-03T20:27:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charanis.com\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-12-03T20:31:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:31:14","slug":"thanksgivukkah-we-did-it-in-the-mountains-a-rare-convergence-of-hanukkah-and-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charanis.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/03\/thanksgivukkah-we-did-it-in-the-mountains-a-rare-convergence-of-hanukkah-and-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thanksgivukkah – we did it in the mountains; a rare convergence of #Hanukkah and #Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A wonderful time in Murphy, NC at our friend’s cabin.<\/p>\n

It was a great get away where we celebrated\u00a0three wonderful occasions. \u00a0Daniel turned 17 just before we left, and Thanksgiving and Hanukah came at the same time! \u00a0So we lit the candles and the fireplace, had some turkey and enjoyed\u00a0family time together.<\/p>\n

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We even got away on friday for some zipline fun.
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Then we came on home and had Mom’s famous potato latkes.
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A wonderful time in Murphy, NC at our friend’s cabin. It was a great get away where we celebrated\u00a0three wonderful occasions. \u00a0Daniel turned 17 just before we left, and Thanksgiving and Hanukah came at the same time! \u00a0So we lit… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mX8K-9K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40556,"url":"https:\/\/www.charanis.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/01\/thessaloniki-family-friends-and-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":604,"position":0},"title":"Thessaloniki – Family Friends and Fun","author":"Jimmyc","date":"May 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Already, I have embraced the freedom. 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