To channel Adam Brody’s character in The O.C., this 12 months was really Chrismukkah, as the primary evening of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Day.
Gwyneth Paltrow kicked off the celebrations on Wednesday, December 25, by lighting a menorah with activist and fellow actress Noa Tishby.
“I believe my most favourite [memory] is once I return to being at my grandparents’ home getting the Hanukkah gelt,” Paltrow recalled in a social media video, referring to the standard chocolate cash. “I’ve such a robust reminiscence of the gold, spherical cash and my brother and I tearing into them.”
Paltrow grew up celebrating each Christmas and Hanukkah as her mom, Blythe Danner, is Christian, whereas her father, the late Bruce Paltrow, was raised Jewish.
Now that Paltrow has grown up, she makes certain to convey Hanukkah traditions into her house with husband Brad Falchuk and their blended household. (They every share two youngsters from previous marriages.)
“We all the time gentle the menorah,” Paltrow stated. “We all the time collect collectively and after we gentle the candles, it’s very candy truly, all of us hug and we convey within the gentle.”
Different stars together with Karlie Kloss and Andy Cohen additionally celebrated the Pageant of Lights this 12 months. Scroll under to see their festive images: