Keith's Weblog: Comments on "Chinese food for Christmas?"

by erin

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 05:04:29 +0000

I didn't know Jews celebrated Christmas.

by Keith

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 05:24:19 +0000

Well, some Jews celebrate Christmas just for the fun of it. More conservative Jews don't, but a some liberal Jews even have trees and give presents and everything just because it's fun.

But the joke about the Chinese food is that since we're Jews and don't really celebrate Christmas, we get take-out from other people who (probably) don't celebrate Christmas. I think maybe it's something of an unspoken tradition.

by Bekah

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 05:29:05 +0000

I am jewish, and that is exactly what me and my family do on christmas.

by Scott Johnson

Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:16:00 +0000

Well there's a pretty obvious reason for this: Chinese is one of the few restaurants open since virtually all the staff is chinese (ever see a Mexican waiter in a Chinese restaurant?) and they don't take the holiday off. So why not be open?