Hannukah is a very small holiday in Judaism, it's North American Jews who spoil their kids who have turned it into something of the Jewish Christmas. Hannukah gifts to children are supposed to be very small and not expensive, like that spinning tip they call a dreidel.
I think Americans have Thanksgiving wrong, it's way too close to Christmas. People go home for Thanksgiving then leave and it's almost time to go back home again for Christmas. For people who all live in the same general area that's ok but for families spread out more it's stupid.
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