Jewish People: did you get a gift every day during Chanukah?

When you were younger did you actually get 8 days of gifts? I think I did when I was 7 or 8 and was more aware of what my friends were getting for Christmas. Some of the days were really small inexpensive things. But, pretty much Chanukah was not full of bunches of gifts, we mostly got chocolate gelt and real gelt. I ask because I always hear how lucky the Jewish kids are because they get 8 gifts, and I keep thinking, who and where are these Jewish kids?

As an adult we frequently don’t trade gifts at all. Although, my parents still send me some gelt.