Chanukah
Chanukah was not always celebrated in the way that we know it today with its giving of gifts and all of its lights. In fact, it was believed that the rabbi’s did not want to celebrate something that was commemorating a military victory. This thought eventually changed sometime well into the Talmudic times during the 5th century. At first, the giving of gifts were nothing more than gelt ( Yiddish for money ). It was not until the Jewish people got closer with the Christians that the giving of money became the giving of gifts learned from their Christmas holiday.