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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 319398" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Could you do something like what a lot of Jewish families did/do for Channukah?. Traditionally, the kids each got a little treat for the days leading up to the eighth day. Something like little chocolate or bubble gum coins covered in embossed gold foil? (in my mother's time the gifts were things like oranges and tangerines--actually quite expensive back then and hard to find in the winter).</p><p></p><p>Then on the last day of the holiday, each kid got on "big" gift which often was a desired item of clothing or the like.</p><p></p><p>You didn't see the expensive gifts until the last few decades when well-off Jewry started feeling the need to compete with Christmas.</p><p></p><p>It was always a fun family gathering with some real history behind it. Channukah actually isn't a major holiday on the Jewish religious calendar.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I think that Christians have to fight really hard to remember the "reason for the season", and the whole gift giving thing turns into sort of a greed-fest.</p><p></p><p>I actually enjoyed Christmas in Germany where the emphasis wasn't so much on gifts as it was on friends and family gathering to celebrate. The Christmarkets were fun to to go with all sorts of handmade toys and tzhochkes and cookies and candies.</p><p></p><p>There was still a very strong religous component to the holiday that seems to have gone missing to a degree in the US</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 319398, member: 1963"] Could you do something like what a lot of Jewish families did/do for Channukah?. Traditionally, the kids each got a little treat for the days leading up to the eighth day. Something like little chocolate or bubble gum coins covered in embossed gold foil? (in my mother's time the gifts were things like oranges and tangerines--actually quite expensive back then and hard to find in the winter). Then on the last day of the holiday, each kid got on "big" gift which often was a desired item of clothing or the like. You didn't see the expensive gifts until the last few decades when well-off Jewry started feeling the need to compete with Christmas. It was always a fun family gathering with some real history behind it. Channukah actually isn't a major holiday on the Jewish religious calendar. Sometimes I think that Christians have to fight really hard to remember the "reason for the season", and the whole gift giving thing turns into sort of a greed-fest. I actually enjoyed Christmas in Germany where the emphasis wasn't so much on gifts as it was on friends and family gathering to celebrate. The Christmarkets were fun to to go with all sorts of handmade toys and tzhochkes and cookies and candies. There was still a very strong religous component to the holiday that seems to have gone missing to a degree in the US [/QUOTE]
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