Since Chanukah and Thanksgiving won’t overlap again until the year 2070, you might consider celebrating them together this year — unless you’re around age 30 or younger, then you’ll likely have another chance.
But in honor of “Thanksgivukkah,” Creative Candles has produced its Harvest Candle Set for the first and second nights of Chanukah, which fall Wednesday, Nov. 27, and Thursday, Nov. 28. The five candles from the locally-owned Jewish company come in an array of harvest-inspired autumnal colors: terra cotta, moss green, gold, chocolate and café aulait.
You can purchase them online exclusively through The Jewish Museum in New York City. The set of five is $10. Just go to http://shop.thejewishmuseum.org/jmuseum/product.asp?s_id=0&prod_name=Hanukkah+on+Thanksgiving+Candles&pf_id=PAMDICHOJLEAMFMI&dept_id=3144#.UlbkYdKsjTo.
“They come packaged as a set of five in a tidy little tube that would make a great holiday or hostess gift,” said Maxandra Short of The Jewish Museum Shops. “The hand-dipped candles are virtually smokeless and dripless and made in the U.S.A. They’re really high end.”
Pamela Fleischer, who works with her husband Ken Weiner, owner of Creative Candles, said the idea for the Harvest Candle Set evolved while she was talking to one of their buyers. They agreed they had to come up with something for Thanksgiving.
“When the buyer saw some of the products with all the 54 colors we make, she said it would be great if we could get a harvest assortment,” Fleischer said. “She said wouldn’t it be fun just to package for the first and second nights of Chanukah. So right then we came up with the product. I just think it’s a fun thing for the holiday season.”
Creative Candles has been making Chanukah candles since at least 2006, Fleischer said — a year after Weiner purchased the then 45-year-old business. Originally sold only in ivory, Chanukah candles now come in silver, pearl and sapphire as well. They, too, are available only through The Jewish Museum.
Fleischer said Creative Candles and The Jewish Museum go back a long time.
“That was in place before my husband bought the business in 2005,” she said.
So if you want to do something special to combine Chanukah and Thanksgiving, the Harvest Candle Set is the perfect way to do that.
“They’re just a beautiful way to celebrate this sort of holiday without committing too much to an entire menorah,” said The Jewish Museum’s Short.