What do you associate with the holiday season?

What do you associate with the holiday season?
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lots and lots of chocolate. i always get chanukah gelt. i get it with every gift, and 8 nights of gifts with 3 gifts on average a nigh from family and friends means 24 bags of gelt a season, give or take 6 bags. i also used to get calendars that had a chocolate for every day in december. i dont think i ever made it past the 3rd without eating it all.
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