The Margin: The Hanukkah dilemma: Jewish families debate which night is best for gift-giving

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year on Sunday evening, does offer children one advantage: “Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.”

For Jewish parents, however, Hanukkah’s week-and-a-day duration poses an annual conundrum: how to divvy up the gifts?

Should…