Ubiquitin
I recall seeing in Emes L’Yaakov that the original/initial minhag was gelt, Chanukah gelt. How this evolved into ipafs, bicycles, video games, etc. is beyond me and a lot of other talmidei chachomim. Shava kesef kekesef! Are you for real? Next time i buy an item at Pomegranate for $2.50, i will hand the cashier a copy of that day’s issue of the anti semitic New York Times!