20 Chic Beauty Gifts to Give for Hanukkah 2018

Hanukkah isn’t just the Jewish counterpart to Christmas. In fact, gift-giving wasn’t even part of holiday festivities until the 1950s. Before that, it was mostly Hanukkah gelt and dreidels — thank Santa we finally got on board. The backstory: Around 2,200 years ago, Jerusalem’s Jews were ruled by a tyrannical Greco-Syrian king called Antiochus IV, who outlawed their religion and insisted that they worship Greek gods. His soldiers massacred thousands of Jews and desecrated the holy Second Temple by sacrificing pigs and putting up an altar to Zeus. (Weird flex, but OK.) Eventually, a Jewish rebellion led by Judah “the Hammer” Maccabee pushed the Syrians out. They rebuilt the temple’s altar and lit the gold menorah’s eternal flame. One catch — there was only enough oil to burn for one night. The oil miraculously lasted for eight days, just enough time to make more oil. Light triumphed over darkness. We’re still celebrating more than two millennia later by avoiding politics at the dinner table, being pressured for grandchildren, and — here’s where Allure comes in — giving and getting sweet-ass presents. Here, 20 of the best and brightest beauty gifts for your favorite members of the tribe.