{"id":18449,"date":"2013-11-14T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?p=18449"},"modified":"2014-07-31T13:01:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T20:01:57","slug":"happy-hanukkah-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Have A Happy Hanukkah: Make it Green!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hanukkah is coming so soon! For those who don’t know, you’ll start saying “Happy Hanukkah!” this year the night before Thanksgiving (Wednesday, November 27). This overlap of holidays, or Thanksgivukkah, won\u2019t happen again for another 77,798 years! Whoa! Since this Hanukkah is so special, I want it to be a happy Hanukkah for everyone! That means you have to give the Earth a happy Hanukkah, too. How can you do this? Go green<\/a>! Here’s how you can have a happy Hanukkah and a green Hanukkah all in one:<\/p>\n

A Happy Hanukkah with Green Goods<\/h3>\n
\"Happy<\/a>
Happy Hanukkah Menorah (Photo by Terry Babij)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What with all the candle-burning, it seems that there can’t be a happy Hanukkah for the atmosphere. That’s not true! Follow this checklist to make a happy Hanukkah a green one:<\/p>\n

–Buy organic, fair trade chocolate gelt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

–Use a menorah that has been upcycled. Etsy has great ones like this bicycle parts menorah<\/a> and this bottle menorah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

–Use eco-friendly candles made out of beeswax, soy, and palm oil for a happy Hanukkah. These beeswax candles<\/a> are very popular.<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a>
Happy Hanukkah Dinner (Photo by Shoshanah)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

–Opt for reusable gift wrap like these<\/a> and e-cards instead of snail mail ones. If you must send cards, use Happy Hanukkah cards made of 100% recycled paper.<\/p>\n

–Use green goods for your Happy Hanukkah party. Use reusable or compostable plates and flatware. Make your holiday table green with reusable table cloths and napkins. Swap out cut flowers for potted centerpieces that will last for years. You can even celebrate this year’s Thanksgivukkah by using fallen autumn leaves scattered about on your table. It will be a beautiful and very happy Hanukkah meal!<\/p>\n

A Happy Hanukkah with Green Foods<\/h3>\n

One way to make your Hanukkah a happy Hanukkah for our world is to make it vegetarian. Your vegetarian holiday dinner<\/a> can be as creative as you are! These are a few of my favorite vegetarian twists on traditional Hanukkah foods:<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a>
Happy Hanukkah Latkes (Photo by Sarah and Jason)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

—Pumpkin latkes<\/a> are the perfect way to celebrate Thanksgivukkah! Opt\u00a0 for all organic produce and free-range eggs. And remember to use organic applesauce and sour cream!<\/p>\n

–Make your sufganiyot<\/a> with free-range eggs and organic jam. Make bimuelos\/bu\u00f1uelos<\/a> with local honey from your farmers’ market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a>
Happy Hanukkah Kugel (Photo by Edsel L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

–Try out some vegan kugels. Here are some ideas for vegan apple noodle kugel <\/a>and vegan sweet potato kugel<\/a>. Kugel is an easy dish to experiment with, so try new combinations and see what happens! This spinach noodle kugel<\/a> is one of my favorites; if vegan, use egg substitute.<\/p>\n

–If you can’t live without brisket, just remember that kosher does not always equal eco-friendly. Make sure to get beef with buzzwords like organic, free-range, or ranch raised.<\/p>\n\n

How are you having a green and happy Hanukkah? Tell me about your Hanukkah plans in the Comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

SEO: happy hanukkah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hanukkah is coming so soon! For those who don’t know, you’ll start saying “Happy Hanukkah!” this year the night before Thanksgiving (Wednesday, November 27). This overlap of holidays, or Thanksgivukkah, won\u2019t happen again for another 77,798 years! Whoa! Since this Hanukkah is so special, I… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1250,13,1656,12,1657,782,141,790],"class_list":["post-18449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-go-green","tag-chanukah","tag-eco-friendly","tag-ecofriendly","tag-green","tag-hanukah","tag-hanukkah","tag-holiday-tips","tag-holidays"],"yoast_head":"\nHave a Happy Hanukkah: Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Tips<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have a happy Hanukkah by making it green with these eco-friendly tips!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Have a Happy Hanukkah: Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Tips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have a happy Hanukkah by making it green with these eco-friendly tips!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving Happiness Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthStarMoving\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-14T17:00:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-31T20:01:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2884\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1446\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Snap Greene\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@northstarmoving\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@northstarmoving\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Snap Greene\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/\",\"name\":\"Have a Happy Hanukkah: Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Tips\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-14T17:00:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-31T20:01:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188113085aec9896befb64eca169d7c7\"},\"description\":\"Have a happy Hanukkah by making it green with these eco-friendly tips!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg\",\"width\":2884,\"height\":1446,\"caption\":\"Happy Chanukah: Snow Covered Chanukah Menorah by Dominic's pics (CC BY 2.0)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Have A Happy Hanukkah: Make it Green!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Moving Happiness Home\",\"description\":\"It's a snap\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188113085aec9896befb64eca169d7c7\",\"name\":\"Snap Greene\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a104506e4811887f959c17ed4450aa234fe26ff1106202b3fea01caaff8a76c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a104506e4811887f959c17ed4450aa234fe26ff1106202b3fea01caaff8a76c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Snap Greene\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/author\/corrie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Have a Happy Hanukkah: Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Tips","description":"Have a happy Hanukkah by making it green with these eco-friendly tips!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Have a Happy Hanukkah: Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Tips","og_description":"Have a happy Hanukkah by making it green with these eco-friendly tips!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/","og_site_name":"Moving Happiness Home","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthStarMoving","article_published_time":"2013-11-14T17:00:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-31T20:01:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2884,"height":1446,"url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Snap Greene","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@northstarmoving","twitter_site":"@northstarmoving","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Snap Greene","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/","url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/","name":"Have a Happy Hanukkah: Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Tips","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg","datePublished":"2013-11-14T17:00:30+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-31T20:01:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188113085aec9896befb64eca169d7c7"},"description":"Have a happy Hanukkah by making it green with these eco-friendly tips!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5226064170_fbbbd4a08a_o-e1406836908881.jpg","width":2884,"height":1446,"caption":"Happy Chanukah: Snow Covered Chanukah Menorah by Dominic's pics (CC BY 2.0)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2013\/happy-hanukkah-green\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Have A Happy Hanukkah: Make it Green!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/","name":"Moving Happiness Home","description":"It's a snap","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188113085aec9896befb64eca169d7c7","name":"Snap Greene","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a104506e4811887f959c17ed4450aa234fe26ff1106202b3fea01caaff8a76c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a104506e4811887f959c17ed4450aa234fe26ff1106202b3fea01caaff8a76c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Snap Greene"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/author\/corrie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18449"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20967,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449\/revisions\/20967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}