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+# Commitmakkuh 
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+Commitmakkuh is an 8-day spinoff of Commitmas to focus back in on the basics of learning git and GitHub. The larger projects and presentations are happening [throughout December here](https://github.com/commitmas/commitmas-3-return-of-commitmas).
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+## from December 24 - January 1
+
+![the Hanukkat](https://octodex.github.com/images/hanukkat.png)
+
+### Useful to Me?
+* If you feel inexperienced with git, markdown and GitHub
+* If you have 15 minutes to spare, every day, during the holidays
+
+### Participate
+1. Join the Commitmas Slack Team: https://commitmas-invite.herokuapp.com
+1. Hop into the #commitmakkuh channel 
+1. Say hello! Everyone else in that channel is learning the basics or willing to help
+1. Commit ANYTHING to GitHub every single day 
+
+If you're forgetful or just need a prompting sometimes, we'll have a bot egging you on! 
+
+**Helpful hints**:
+* Remember that the goal of this is to *learn how to use GitHub*, so focus on git, not other code you'd also like to learn
+* Feel free to use the GitHub website, native apps or command line. [Watch past vBrownBag](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaZf13iWhwnBdpIkrEmHLbA/videos) on GitHub to help you along
+* Markdown is awesomely powerful, so challenge yourself to use some of the more complex syntax. [You can learn it all here](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax)
+
+## Resources
+Commitmas years past:
+
+* [12 Days of Commitmas](https://github.com/commitmas/12-days-of-commitmas)
+* [Commitmas 2: A Month of Merriment](http://bit.ly/Commitmas2)  
+* [vBrownBag DevOps Series](http://vbrownbag.com/vbrownbag-technology-series/vbrownbag-devops-series/)  
+
+Here are some of our favorite resources for getting going with git:
+
+* [The Git Book](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2)  
+* [Git - the simple guide](http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/)