Whoopi Goldberg’s Hanukkah Octopus Sweater

Image by Courtesy of Lord & Taylor

By Dan Friedman October 13, 2016

Whoopi Goldberg has announced a series of ugly Christmas sweaters for Lord and Taylor, (she calls them “funny”) including a Hanukkah octopus sweater.

Image by Courtesy of Lord & Taylor

She told Vogue (Vogue!!) that

There’s an octopus; he is wearing a yarmulke. He has a menorah and he is trying to hold everything.

Her embrace of the octopus comes after she rocked a pearl and diamond octopus bracelet-ring (made by Istanbul-based designer Sevan Bicakci) at February’s Oscar celebrations.

She obviously loves the cephalopods, and what’s not to love about a creature that can change its DNA on the fly, to blend in with its surroundings. We’re not sure how that works to celebrate the most anti-acculturationist holiday on the Jewish calendar, but hey, staying cosy underneath eight tentacles for eight nights can’t be wrong.

Dan Friedman is the former executive editor and whisky correspondent of the Forward, and is the author of a book about Tears for Fears, the ’80s emo rock band.

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