Reply To: what is the origin of chanukah gifts?

Listen, the point is that according to the Maharsha”m (who is explaining why the Rema holds muttar, I think) there is no issue of chukas hagoyim by a religious logical custom. We pasken like the Gra regarding Shavous, if you want to say we pasken like him whenever we have this type of scenario of religious logical customs I do not know if that is true.