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Because apparently, ALOT of people don't. It started when my girlfriend (a music teacher) needed one for school tomorrow. We tried Toys-R-Us first, and the girl at the counter responded with "what's that?" with a completely confused look on her face. We asked another person there with the same result. One was a black girl, one a white girl, both in their 20s.
Everyone at Borders Books knew, but they didn't sell them. One older white lady and a white male in his 20s-30s.
Walmart - no one of any age or race knew. White middle aged lady, black younger girl, black male in his 20s.
Target - the lady we asked was a middle-aged white lady. She knew what they were, but didn't have any.
Barnes N Noble - everyone knew, and they sold a little thing with 3 dreidels and a book with instructions. All white males in 20s-30s.
Do you know what it is? I guess it's one of those things I just assumed everyone knew, and anna and I were shocked that people didn't know, so we called our parents. Her brother and mom knew, her dad didn't. Neither of my parents knew. We're talking intelligent, middle/upper class adults here. No idea. They didn't even know the dreidel song.
In case you don't know,
SHIN, HEY, GIMEL, NUN
"The four letters which appear on the four corners of a dreidel alude to the miracle of Hanukkah. They spell out: Nes (N-miracle), Gadol (G-great), Haya (H-happened) and Sham (S-there, meaning in Israel).
Dreidel is also a popular game played during the Holiday. Players use pennies, nuts, raisins, or chocolate coins (gelt) as tokens or chips.
The player spins the dreidel. When the dreidel stops, the letter that is facing up decides the fate.
NUN - nothing happens - next player spins the dreidel
GIMEL - player takes all tokens in the pot
HEY - player takes half of the pot
SHIN - player must put one token into the pot |
The more you know, right?
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