Christmas Presents to Give on Chanukah

I asked YWN for an “ignore certain user” feature, hopefully they will come through.

You call it lateness, I call it persistence.

And those that follow the Jewish custom of giving Chanukah gelt are welcome to give me a million bucks. And then I can get myself “a few” gifts of my choosing, but I’ll be nice about it and not use red and green wrapping paper.

Who wants to chip in with me to get Joseph a cuckoo clock?

What about the minhag of going to kosher restaurants on Christmas?

What does Rashi say about giving someone a kosher restaurant gift card for Channukah?

Has anyone wrapped up their Christmas shopping before Chanukah, yet?

Joseph: Please help… I’m all done buying presents, but now I’m stuck figuring out two things…

1) Where am I supposed to hide them?

2) What are you supposed to do with these super-sized single socks?

Thanks in advance ☺

Lightbrite, the way it works — according to those who give presents on Chanukah — is to put the Chanukah presents in the sock and hide it under the beautiful lit up (for the festival of lights) Chanukah tree. When the kinderlach wake up the first morning of Chanukah, they are all surprised by what present the old Yid, Reb Simcha Klutz, with his big white beard and long red reckel left them after dropping in the chimney.

For those who follow this pop-culture custom for this season, what presents did you under your Chanukah tree?

Those who give Chanukah presents have the associated minhag of also singing Chanukah carols.

Am I allowed to sing “Jingle Coins?”

I was wondering what was taking your annual Christmas greeting so long this year.
Then I realized it is because Chankha is “early ” this year.

so there is still some time until your religion’s holiday hence your late greeting.

Happy holidays Joseph

If you have a love-hate relationship with someone, give them expensive personal hygiene products, because it will confuse them.

I just saw a flyer for a Hanukkah “toys for tots” campaign. Absolutely disgusting

laskern: I’m merely being honest about where the idea of giving presents on Chanukah originated from.

“Absolutely disgusting”

Ugh making poorer kids happy. feh what a goyish idea.

You think thats bad, my shul had a dinner to raise money. What is the world coming too.

Laskern
“Joseph, don’t need to belabor the obvious. ”

I worry, you are taking Joseph seriously.
He is parodying am haaratzim, he doesnt really mean it. Please don’t be taken in.
Look up hilchos chukas akum YD 178. See the Remah there, the Mahrik. Joseph has been taught this before

Actually, many people do give Xmas presents on Chanukah if their Rav allows it–to goyim, of course.

Any “gift” that would facilitate the observance or mitzvos by another yid would be especially appropriate even though many frum families now forego “Chanukah gift” other than perhaps for little children to keep them engaged with the menorah lighting and stories of neis chanukah. A new App for learning some variation of daf yom or containing all the weekday davening, a gift card for Uber trips to shul when the weather is bad and walking is not an option, a new stroller for the mom to take the little ones to shul (within the eruv of course if you so hold), or a gift for hidur mitzvah of some sort (a new challah cover, a “fire safe” blech for shabbos, a new silver box for that gazillion dollar Calabrian esrog, etc).

“What’s wrong with that?”

Whats wrong with you?
Who is talking about gifts under a tree? take it easy with the wahtaboutism

and if you do want to pursue silly whataboutism, why stop there, I’ll do you one better what about shooting people to make kids happy?
do these comments make sense to you ?
Also are you Joseph ?

There is no reason you cannot donate to a “Toys for Tots” campaign run in our area by the Marine Corps reserve unit and local First Responders…..please show me where it is assur to donate to a goiyeshe charity. These programs operate as non-denominational efforts in low-income communities. While I don’t expect to see a fire truck full of Barbie Dolls and Leggo sets pulling up to the big shul in KJ , there is no reason a yid who has provided funds to yiddeshe mosdos could not also donate to other charities in the communities where he/she resides or at an office-wide collection at their place of employment.

Ho Ho Ho or is it more proper to say: Ay yay Yay?

I encourage everyone to see the igros moshe inside. draw your own conclusion from Rav moshes own words what his opinion is on a bas mitzvah.

Talmidchochom

Your post isn’t serious at all.
“all poskim and gedolim agree that Chanukah gelt is the way to go.”
source please?
No posek argues on shava kesef kekesef.
R’ Yaakov says explicitly that it is ok

“Why that is not a takeoff from the goyishe gift giving is beyond even me!”
it is.
Though live up to your screen name please, don’t be like Joseph pick up a YD look up siman 178 it is a short siman, read the Remah, see the maharik see the pischei Teshuva (read the Gra as well of course)

Laskern
don’t listen to Joseph, as always he is wrong. R’ Moshe does not say it is “It’s absolutely wrong. , while he does call it “Hevel” (in OC 1:104 (IIRC)) he does also call it a devar reshus. In other words not assur.