menorah at the white house. with more on thanksgivukkah. only in america, the land of brangelina, the spork, that thing where peanut butter and jelly are in the same jar, we now have a combined holiday. now introducing the menurkey. that s right, menorah in the shape of a turkey for two holidays that are appearing for one night only. according to some it s once in a millennium. new word. thanksgivukkah. what do you do on thanksgivukkah? you build a new tradition. a canorah. hundreds of canned goods will go to local food banks. the two holidays are similar in the concept of giving thanks to god.
and 50 million people will watch on and at least three million more are watching from along the proud route. many are turning into black thursday. k mart opened the earliest at 6:00 a.m. many others will open this evening and some staying open overnight for the first time. there fewer shopping days this season. also unique, thanksgiving overlapped with the jewish holiday of hanukkah that sparks the name thanksgivukkah. they lit the national menorah and the rare overlap will not happen for get this, 7,000 more years. now to the weather. a clear, but cold start to the holiday here in new york. travelers out east will encounter wet and blustery conditions. they face massive gridlock in los angeles, but they did not cause the crippling delays that many feared. how will the weekend shape up? bill joins me live.
good morning. happy everything, i guess. exactly. thanksgiving, hanukkah, black friday eve. thanksgivukkah. let s talk about something serious for a moment. about 45,000 troops are celebrating thanksgiving in afghanistan, but a new security deal could keep those troops there past the 2014 draw down to train and mentor afghan security forces. is this a good idea? well, it depends on your point of view. probably for the afghan forces it s a very good idea, although president karzai is making it extremely difficult to reach that kind of deal. but certainly for those who want everybody home from that very dangerous part of the world, it s probably not the best idea. as a matter of fact, we re seeing that controversy raging right now. you know, just this week, bob, afghan president hamid karzai said the only way he would sign a security deal is after the u.s. brings peace to his country. so my question is, how exactly is he measuring peace? well, to say peace and afghanistan i
metamucil. 3 amazing benefits in 1 super fiber. so this is something that hasn t happened in about a century. hanukkah on the same day as thanksgiving. thanksgiving on hanukkah. two great holidays that go great together for the first time since 1888 or 1918, depending on whether you re counting from sundown or not. i would like to say something you may have to wait a very, very long time to hear again. happy thanksgivukkah. we re going to make hundreds if not thousands the rabbi is getting ready for the big day. his congregation is celebrating in style, deep frying turkeys and mashing together a holy jewish holiday with a wholly american one. hanukkah s come out quote unquote, early this year. really, hanukkah comes out on the same day in the hebrew calendar every year.
the absurdly early hanukkah in 2013. i was driving to work this time more than a year ago and i realized this is going to be huge from a pop cultural standpoint and it will be so fun and what a moment to celebrate the jewish american experience. i thought what would you call this. the word thanksgivukkah came to me after trying. i thought with working with my sister in law, i was talking to her, i said this will be a facebook page. that s how it started. what were the other ideas besides thanksgivukkah? hanukkah giving. thanksgivukkah is pretty melodic. did you talk about putting something? are. there has been an onslaught of viral videos. it has been amazing. let s talk about president