SOURCE:  U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

For the first time since 1888, the first full day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving.  The next time Hanukkah and Thanksgiving coincide in this fashion will be in approximately 76,000 years. The reason is that the Jewish calendar is slowly getting out-of-sync with the solar calendar at a rate of four days per 1,000 years.  This means that the calendar will continuously drift forward through the Gregorian calendar and eventually loop around.

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Source:  Department of Defense

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