tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post8128904674231363913..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: Why it's good that Hanukkah stuff is ugly as hellFinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-58681096234533481932009-12-16T11:23:47.915-08:002009-12-16T11:23:47.915-08:00This is too funny. I was just discussing this ver...This is too funny. I was just discussing this very issue with my brother in law. As a newcomer to Hanukah, I just accepted our ugly menorah but fill it with the best-looking candles I can find. And really, it's not that bad looking. But my bil was saying that they don't even have one because he can't find one that isn't fugly or doesn't cost lest than $200 or something ridiculous. We agreed that places like the JCC giftstore or Jewish museum are the worst offenders. It seems the general consensus of your readers is that you should just design a good one already. What a great gift for my bil and his wife for next year, huh??<br /><br />Our son is still confused by the lighting of candles and wants to blow them out. He says, "It's Avi's birthday!" which I personally think is funny, given the whole Christmas thing.<br /><br />Happy ski season.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05349980008078779984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-89806641210868390522009-12-14T12:22:05.803-08:002009-12-14T12:22:05.803-08:00You are the most creative woman I know. I am hones...You are the most creative woman I know. I am honestly a bit surprised you haven't taken blacksmithing classes to address this issue. <br />I hope this does not get me a punch in the throat. You know I love you!African Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741350447523434665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-64009129370110520082009-12-13T21:35:35.491-08:002009-12-13T21:35:35.491-08:00Do people really pay $118. dollars for that deer t...Do people really pay $118. dollars for that deer thing?!!! I mean, it's not really horrible, and different people have different tastes, but $118 dollars??!!!!<br />Maybe I'm in the wrong business and should start making and selling things like that...Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837468075125434991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-8202950922372571872009-12-13T11:57:49.371-08:002009-12-13T11:57:49.371-08:00An old friend, who wasn't Jewish, just into ki...An old friend, who wasn't Jewish, just into kitsch, had a Muppet menorah complete with Kermit in a yarmulke. Really? Kermit is Jewish?Deccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515274049604839002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-64586087589879156332009-12-11T12:15:03.551-08:002009-12-11T12:15:03.551-08:00http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/star_trek...http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/star_trek_pez_led_menorah.html<br /><br />see now this one is not so bad....Pashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136060428938227745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-77383288396609580462009-12-11T08:54:11.188-08:002009-12-11T08:54:11.188-08:00I totally agree that the Hanukkah decorations are ...I totally agree that the Hanukkah decorations are entirely unappealing, but then I think all the Christmas decorations are pretty fug too, at least at the grocery store *I* frequent (from which all my decor is purchased because I'm white trash like that).<br /><br />OMFG LOOK AT THIS ONE...<br /><br />http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36086203<br /><br />It beats the antlers, yes?curegirl0421https://www.blogger.com/profile/11009152858275401450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-2620338654323859362009-12-11T05:03:17.260-08:002009-12-11T05:03:17.260-08:00Well Finny. I think you've found your niche i...Well Finny. I think you've found your niche in the design market. And the first menorah you design should feature cats with their tails on fire. Because that would be funny. If not particularly religious and devout.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-36388230264487652072009-12-11T04:37:36.394-08:002009-12-11T04:37:36.394-08:00Here's a menorah you might like: http://blog.k...Here's a menorah you might like: http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2009/12/11/hanukiah-chanukkiyah-cupcake-menorah/<br />Too bad there's no picture of the rabbi's beer-bottle version.<br />Happy Ski Season!Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373133483861905896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-42174300597069283132009-12-10T20:40:29.260-08:002009-12-10T20:40:29.260-08:00A few years ago my husband and I painted a paint-i...A few years ago my husband and I painted a paint-it-at-home-and-send-it-to-your-loved-one-as-a-hanukkah-gift-menorah (from Target of course) for his Jewish grandparents. We couldn't agree on what colors to paint it and it was turning into one of those really stupid huge fights until one of us had the brilliant idea of each of us painting one side of the thing. A Rachele side, and a Scott side each completely different from the other except where our paint jobs touched and mingled in a horrible brown poo type of way.<br />I REALLY wish that I had a picture of that thing because it would give all of the menorahs that you found for your post a real run for their money in the ugliest menorah in the universe contest. It would win that contest, hands down, and then go scare a few children with its ugliness.<br />Neither one of us wanted to admit how ugly it was so we shipped it off to Atlanta (home of the grandparents) for Hanukkah and they, for some reason that we cannot fathom, display the thing year round in a place of honor on the top shelf of their china cabinet. It's so humiliating, especially when "Bubby" points it out to people while we are there and says "Scott and Rachele painted that for us".Jemima Jones Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166031427030581781noreply@blogger.com