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dreidel
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drei·del also drei·dl  (drdl)
n.
A toy similar to a spinning top used in games of chance played by children and adults at Hanukkah.

[Yiddish dreydl, from dreyen, to turn, from Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German dren.]


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Children listened to Hanukkah stories, made paper lamps and edible dreidels, and joinedguitar-playing singer Shira Kline with songs such as ``Come Light the Menorah.
There are other holiday alternatives, of course: everywhere there's Kwanzaa, Pittsburgh's Poinsettias and Pizzazz, Oklahoma City's Yuletide Magic, Canadian Children's Dance Theatre's Wintersong, Dozens of Dreidels, Berea College's Christmas Country Dance School, Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular (at last count at eight locations throughout the U.
The last tale, a Kimmel creation, brings all the stories together, pronouncing the great joy of celebration in Chelm where the people light a hayfork menorah, make latkes from nothing, spin letterless dreidels, and "dance night and day to music that they alone can hear.
 
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