Giving gifts at Hanukkah is a fairly new tradition. In the past small coins were given to children, they played dreidel with them and the winner was expected to give some of the money to Sedakah. This evolved over time into Hanukkah gelt. Almost certainly the gifts evolved to make this Jewish holiday that falls so close to Christmas a contender.I’ve never seen a VW van decorated for Hanukkah. But we did see this one very well light for Christmas on the road near our place in central Phoenix. It is great to live at a time of surplus.
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