Elf on a Shelf and Mensch on a Bench sit side by side at Chrismukkah
Erica Mark grew up Jewish but that hasn’t stopped her from loving everything about Christmas.
The tinsel-loving mom happily embraces the seasonal traditions of shopping for gifts, decorating the tree and chatting about Santa with her toddler.
And she expects to do all of those things while lighting the menorah when the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah kicks off Dec. 24.
“It’s easy to get swept away in the whole Christmas hoopla,” says Mark, whose husband comes from a Protestant family.