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add to the inconvenience. Pivenshteyn
and other parents mentioned that they
would have to consider shopping weeks
in advance.

Pivenshteyn’s daughters are old enough
to know that there are eight nights of
Chanukah, and to request more than eight
gifts. That puts mom in competition with
other early holiday shoppers in “stores that
are practically empty,” she said.

The Northeast Philly resident wants
her kids to get everything they want. But
she may have to print IOUs or pictures of
gifts to come during Chanukah itself.

“They are not going to understand that
it’s just not there,” Pivenshteyn said.

Rebecca Bar of Wynnewood has kids
ages 7 and 5 with birthdays in August
and October. So, she has already looked
through the catalogs and made her lists
of possible gifts.

But for her child’s October birthday,
Bar ran into a two-week shipping delay.

She thinks the same thing may happen
with Chanukah.

In preparation, Bar has two backup
plans: shopping locally and focusing on
experiences, like a family trip.

“There’s less of an issue with supply
chains locally,” she said.

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