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Re:Happy holidays from Gmail: Free snailmail gift cards by bumblebird on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @06:35PM (#973295)
>> "Do-it-yourself dreidel"

It seems quite odd to include this one IMHO. I had to look it up to know what it was. Is it more widely known in USA?

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Re:Happy holidays from Gmail: Free snailmail gift cards by rms on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @09:10PM (#973510)
>It seems quite odd to include this one IMHO.

Chalk it up to American political correctness.

I'm not sure how well it is known throughout the USA. Probably >50% of people in urban areas of heard of a dreidel.

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Re:Happy holidays from Gmail: Free snailmail gift cards by tjr on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @11:59PM (#973757)
Maybe in some parts of the USA. I have a wooden dreidel on my desk. I grew up in an area with a moderately large Jewish population, and have long been interested in their culture and history.
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