The next custom/celebration we learned about while chasing the Gingerbread Man was Hanukkah:

Here is the letter and materials we received (a menorah, candles, gelt–gold coins, and dreidels).

The kids LOVED, LOVED, LOVED playing the drediel game!!  We played two afternoons in a row!  We used unifix cubes as playing pieces and then after we were all done, everyone got a chocolate gold coin.