Hanukkah, the festival of lights, is a Jewish holiday celebrated for 8 days. Each night at sunset, a candle is lit in the menhora, a beautiful candle holder with 8 candles.
Children get presents every night of the festival.
A dreidel is a clay spinning top whose sides are pentagons. Each side is inscribed with a Hebrew character. When the top spins down and stops, a side is facing up. There is a game associated with which character you get. This was not made up by the writers.