Talk:Hanukkah gelt

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Chocolate coins[edit]

I have never heard of Hanukkah gelt, but have seen chocolate coins all my life. They are made to resemble either American or Canadian coins. They are usually given out around Easter or Christmas, and may be covered by yellow, silver or green foil. I'm not sure why chocolate coins redirect here, as they are not the same. --Auric (talk) 14:53, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you do not know the history of chocolate coins, but the article pretty clearly states that they were created by American Jews to be Hanukkah gelt. They've been appropriated for other things since, but they started as Hanukkah gelt, which is why chocolate coins directs here. 76.105.6.113 (talk) 07:04, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would seem that the issue is more that "non-Jewish" chocolate coins have been in circulation for some considerable time, so to "claim" chocolate coins in this way is mis-leading. In the UK non-Jewish chocolate coins have been on the market for at least 40 years, invariably based on either British or European (pre- and post-Euro) "real" coin designs. They may have had their origins in a Jewish-American concept, but now their use is far far wider. 86.6.239.220 (talk) 16:40, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose merge - Hanukkah gelt is rather specific to Jewish heritage and Hanukkah, and refers to both candy and money given to children during Hanukkah. Chocolate coins, however, do not share this same heritage and culture. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:31, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose merge Above poster is correct.--Geewhiz (talk) 07:38, 19 April 2013 (UTC) Oppose merge Agreed with prior posters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davesigmachi (talk • contribs) 04:07, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added the origin to the lead.[edit]

Added the origin straight from the chocolate coins article with a slight rewording to make it flow better to save people having to read two articles to find the answer of its origin as I did. The history section of this is mostly pertaining to the history of Hanukkah gelt and not to the origin of the tradition, or where we got it from. I like the Maccabees story and was told that as a kid but there's overwhelming evidence that it was a tradition adopted because "But muuuum all the other kids are doing it." as a lot of traditions become. :P 121.210.33.50 (talk) 02:57, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Primary user: money or candy[edit]

Over time, the lede of the article had gone through revisions emphasizing the original usage of actual money given as presents, then to the duality of money and chocolate candy coins, and finally (very recently) dropping mention of real money altogether. The main sections of the article make it clear that it is an article about the real money gifts, and then includes a section on the relatively recent introduction of chocolate coins for Hanukkah.

The lede shroud have the same point of view as the article itself. I have modified it to reflect that original intent, which was previously how the lede was written. Dovid (talk) 23:00, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of the term 'gelt', and traditions in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany[edit]

I've removed some text that, through its phrasing, implied that the word "geld" has any particular association to the chocolate coins eaten in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany around Saint Nicholas Day. This is not true in The Netherlands or Belgium (I cannot comment on how it is in Germany or the German language, but I would think it's much the same). "Geld" just means "money" in Dutch. If (in Dutch) you wanted to talk about chocolate coins specifically, you would have to say "chocoladegeld" or "chocolademunten", just like you have to specify this in English (and indeed, that is how this particular candy is known around those parts, not as just "geld"). If the purpose of the sentence was to hint at a possible origin of the word "gelt" in "Hannukah gelt" then this wasn't clear, and I think this information would be better communicated separately and explicitly (with citations). --Rubseb (talk) 20:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]