2025/5786 On the fifth night of Chanukah, I did not buy for you....

The fifth night of Chanukah has its own traditions as well. Consider last year's mellifluous fifth. Or that year that when I took a shot at a not-gift. Or the diminished or demolished fifths of 5781.

In keeping with this spirited tradition, this year on the fifth night of Chanukah, I am not giving you this:

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his whiskey-tasting kit might be just the thing for your fifth night! It has whiskey tasting glasses! Whiskey stones*! Velvet bag**! A 32 page whiskey tasting guide! Your own whiskey tasting journal!!

And I know you taste whiskey from time to time. I have tasted and toasted with you on more than one occasion.

WHY OH WHY would I not buy this for you!?

Because this kit is missing one critical ingredient:

WHISKEY.

So, this kit remains a gift that I did not buy for you.

*What oh what are whiskey stones?***

**A velvet bag for your stones, perhaps?

*** Apparently, whiskey stones are supposed to chill your whiskey without watering it down. Much like balls of steel, which I did not buy for you in 2015.