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saw50st8

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:01 am

Do Jews outside of the USA eat chinese food on x-mas also?

Its my favorite part of the holiday season! We are super machmir to have chinese food Chris tmas Eve and Chris tmas Day just to be "yotze" this minhag :-)

freidasima

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:04 am

Never heard of it.

CatLady

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:09 am

I'm in Canada (therefore outside of the USA) and we take the movie-and-Chinese-food minhag very seriously. Even my friend who is too tired to go out is watching Netflix and making a stir-fry for dinner, so as to participate in this cherished custom. Wink

Another important part of the celebration is to make up my Boxing Day shopping list and itinerary. I am delighted to report that the toasty-warm and stylish coat I've been eying all season but wouldn't fargin myself at $200.00 will be marked down tomorrow to - wait for it - $35.00!!

Soul on fire

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:13 am

We are going out for chinese today, but we've never done it before.

vintagebknyc

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:25 am

that's my plan, chinese and a movie.

ChossidMom

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:31 am

Why do Jews eat Chinese on Xmas?

Zus

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:34 am

To be davka not eating a X-mas dinner.

slushiemom

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:35 am

dont know,but I did! it's so serious that even though we have no chinese food in bet shemesh I gathered 8 other families adn we got a 1,100 nis order, enough to get delivered from mevaseret Smile

ChossidMom

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:37 am

Zus wrote:

To be davka not eating a X-mas dinner.

I didn't have to go out to a restaurant in order to NOT celebrate Xmas. I just made dinner and ate it. Do you think I'm Yotze? Wink

CatLady

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:38 am

vintage, what movie are you going to see? We're checking out "Django Unchained" because we love Tarantino. Plus, it'd be really weird going with my grown son to see "The Guilt Trip", which would have been my choice otherwise. LOL

slushiemom

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:39 am

I'm watching a movie at home while dh plays bball. hope I'm yotze

Mrs Bissli

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:42 am

We don't generally eat out so can't comment on this. But almost all shops and restaurants are closed. Chances are kosher restaurants are open, in which case why specifically Chinese rather than schwarma or pizza?

chocolate moose

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:45 am

I understnad this minhag came from the fact that chinese restaurants were the only ones open.

marshmellow

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:45 am

no, I don't want to leave my house it's cold, wet, rainy. I'm snuggled in bed watching films!

smilingmom

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:45 am

Zus wrote:

To be davka not eating a X-mas dinner.

I thought it was because they are the only (non-kosher) restaurants that are open on Xmas. Also the movie theaters are all empty.

rachel91

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:49 am

never heard of it and I'm outside the USA, interesting 'minhag' Smile

moonstone

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:50 am

I saw this funny sign the other day. Don't know how to put a picture here, but here's a link:

Chinese restaurants thanking Jews

ChutzPAh

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:50 am

I worked the night shift last night , and convinced my coworkers to order Chinese for dinner. No movies though, just work......

moonstone

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 10:51 am

Mrs Bissli wrote:

Oddly enough, it's non-religious Jews who made this tradition popular, in non-Kosher Chinese restaurants.

OOTBubby

Tue, Dec 25 2012, 11:15 am

I even remember my grandmother and great aunts doing this back in the 1960's in NY (the chinese restaurant was not kosher).

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