152! Hitting the Breaks and Hanukkah Retail

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 7:31 p.m.

How do we take a break? And why is the average American retailer so bad at Hanukkah? [26:29]This week, Joey, Jess and Aaron talk about the feeling of wasted opportunity, the down-shift, accounting for transitional time, Hanukkah ignorance, the secularization of holidays, and uniquely designed menorahs. They don’t talk about HAIM and/or Adam Sandler (https://twitter.com/HAIMtheband/status/1466826693415297029).references* Who is Suzanne Somers? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Somers)* RuPaul: What's The Tee episode with Suzanne Somers (https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/episode-68-suzanne-somers/id855749951?i=1000376857093)* Heading into the holiday break, are you more of a Biz Markie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMc0bbJB2jc) or a Big Daddy Kane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMpsKokgZu0)?* ZCOB (https://www.zingermanscommunity.com/)* The New York Times: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Hanukkah (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/business/hanukkah-fails-holiday-gifts-christmas.html)* Salon: Hanukkah isn't Christmas (https://www.salon.com/2021/11/30/hanukkah-christmas-ugly-sweater-products/)* Esperanto? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto)* Jewish Museum Shop (https://shop.thejewishmuseum.org/)* Lexus' 2021 December to Remember Commercial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg54jNE10jo)* The menorah retail landscape is wild. Pasta-modern? (https://www.westelm.com/products/lcl-julia-elsas-menorah-d13095/?catalogId=71&sku=3203797&cm_ven=PLA&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Holidays%20%3E%20Hanukkah&region_id=669950&cm_ite=3203797&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnaeNBhCUARIsABEee8Vr9vRCgJDGjJ6IyEVqUfdPuJ5vhn0NGYsFPkEIGZjX2IkvnjnHVUMaAi32EALw_wcB) A blue octopus?! (https://www.etsy.com/listing/909401252/octopus-menorah-custom-color-petite) An elephant? (https://jonathanadler.com/products/elephant-menorah?variant_id=32252787785762) Rainbow oil? (https://www.artfulhome.com/product/Art-Glass-Menorah/)