I had never thought of that! That makes sense. I know the American custom of presents (instead of just gelt) on Chanukah started as a reaction to all the Christian kids getting toys around Christmas...but that was in the 1950s, when Christmas also started to become more of a religious holiday.
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Date: 2009-12-17 09:18 pm (UTC)