Hanukkah evolves with the times

Gift-giving is relatively recent tradition

By Brian McGillivary, Record-Eagle staff writer

Traverse City - The Hanukkah celebration is under way and increasingly is part of the holiday tradition for several area families.

"I love the story of Hanukkah, and I love talking about it with my kids' school groups," said Tobi Karch of Traverse City. "We've always met with a real great reception from the kids."

Karch said it's important for her children and for their friends to understand there are other cultural traditions in the world.

Curtis Kuttnauer and his wife, Sandi, are putting together a small Hanukkah celebration for their daughter's first-grade class. They'll sing, dance, play the traditional spinning top dreidel game, eat potato pancakes and tell the Hanukkah story.

"The message is one of hope, prevailing against difficult odds, and sticking together," Kuttnauer said.

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