As this winter holiday season approaches, it’s clear that non-Jews are yearning for one thing: a Ralph Lauren Christmas. This means decorating your home with all the luxury and comfort of Ralph Lauren decor — even if it’s not all from the high-end brand. The style calls for green tartan and velvet ribbons, pine garlands, brass candlestick holders, ornaments in deep red, forest green and navy.
But lest we forget that Ralph Lauren was actually Ralph Lifshitz, born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrant parents?
That’s why we here at Hey Alma are counter-proposing our own winter holiday trend: Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah. In stark contrast to the traditionalism of Ralph Lauren Christmas, Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah is all about being ungaptchka, or overly garish. Forgo just blue and silver decorations this year! Make big choices with bright colors and busy patterns. Let the visual language of Boca bubbies and Fran Fine be your guide.
And speaking of guides, here are a few decor, Judaica and clothing suggestions to get your Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah started out right.
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This decadent handmade menorah may not be kosher, but it can still be the cherry on top to your Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah!
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Classic gold menorah, but make it a dog with a weird little face.
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Menorah shopping can be an emotional rollercoaster, but buying this cute and colorful Susan Alexandra hanukkiah doesn't have to be.
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Honor Ralph Lifshitz's Bronx roots with a dreidel that says: I love New York! The other sides include illustrations of a bagel, a pigeon and a yellow cab.
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In case your Hanukkah party isn't sufficiently Jewish enough, really do it up with these Star of David napkin rings.
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Be campy, eat a latke off a latke plate.
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And when you're done with the gelt, this collectible tin can become a sewing kit or a trinket box.
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You have to have colorful candles for Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah.
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Anything from Old Jewish Men’s Ralph Lifshitz collection is acceptable to wear on Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah. But if you had to pick one product, it’s these bad boys. Each order comes with one corduroy kippah and one velvet kippah.
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If you have to pick two OJM products, get this cozy sweater featuring a bear getting takeout.
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Maccabeelieve Mug (Hey Alma)
Because who doesn't love an adorable and #inspirational Hanukkah pun in the morning?
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Just because latke-making is greasy work doesn’t mean you can’t look like hot pink royalty while doing it!
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Christmas snow globes are out. Hanukkah snow globes featuring a cat and a dreidel that are inexplicably the same proportions are in!
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The Festival of Lights calls for all the light you can get. A Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah also requires as much color as you can get.
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This LUSH knot wrap is technically an alternative to gift wrapping. But it could also be a hair wrap or a Hanukkah decoration!
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Plain blue and white Hanukkah wrapping paper is far too normie for Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah. Try this instead!
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For kids and, let's be honest, for adults, too.
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This is a holiday decorative pillow we wouldn't be mad about seeing out all year round.
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Jonathan Adler had a vision. And that vision was to create trippy-chic home decor to hide your stash. And then, when that vision happened to have a blue, white and gold color scheme, he was probably like, “Fuck it, put ‘em in the Hanukkah collection.” If that doesn’t encapsulate the vibe of Ralph Lifshitz Hanukkah, we don’t know what does.
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Use this to store your gelt, mini dreidels or something stronger.
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Adult dreidel rules: Whoever lands on gimmel gets all of whatever's in here.
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