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{{quote|'''Sen. [[Gender Blender Name|Lindsey]] Graham (R-SC)''': Christmas Day bomber. Where were you at on Christmas Day?
'''[[American Courts|Supreme Court]] nominee Elena Kagan''': Senator... I assume the question you mean is whether a person who's apprehended in the United States--
'''Graham''':''(interrupting)'' Nah, I'm just asking where you were at on Christmas.
'''Kagan''': ''(laughs)'' You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant.
''(Laughter from crowd)''
'''Graham''': Great answer!
'''Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)''': I could just see that one coming...
'''Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)''':<ref>Himself Jewish</ref> [[Captain Obvious|Because they're the only places open]].
|[https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2010/06/kagan-i-spent-christmas-at-chinese-restaurant-027851 Confirmation hearings for Kagan, 29 June 2010]}}
It's Christmas! Hooray! Hoorah! Lights everywhere! Presents! Family gatherings! And to top it off, a massive home-cooked dinner.
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This has historically been [[Truth in Television]]. It is almost a tradition in some (non-Orthodox) Jewish circles to eat Chinese and go to the movies on Christmas. Note that this generally does ''not'' apply to chain restaurants serving Chinese food, which typically close for Christmas like everything else.
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== [[Comics]] ==▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Referenced in the comic strip ''Stone Soup'', with a Jewish character saying that the song "Jingle Bells" makes him hungry for Chinese food.▼
* A recent{{when}} Marvel holiday issue revealed that this is typically how [[Fantastic Four|The Thing]] spends Christmas. The story has him and [[X-Men|Kitty Pryde]] get all of the Jewish superheroes together and have a Chinese food feast.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', Mrs. Parker's turkey is eaten by the neighbors' dogs. Thinking quickly, Mr. Parker has them go out for Chinese, where they eat what Ralphie calls "Chinese Turkey" (really, Peking Duck) and sing Christmas carols with the owners.
* Variation in ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'': After Tim Allen burns a christmas turkey, he takes his son to Denny's.
** Played with, too. Scott first tries to take his son to a Japanese restaurant... but it's closed. When they get to Denny's, it's filled with boisterous Japanese businessmen.
* Bostick in ''[[The Big Year]].''
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Lampshaded in ''[[Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff]]'' by [[Christopher Moore]].
* In ''[[Ethan, Suspended]]'' the title character mentions this as a family tradition.
== [[Live
* The ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' TV Funhouse sketch/song "Christmas for the Jews."
* [[Invoked Trope|Referenced]] at least once by Jon Stewart on ''[[The Daily Show]]''; he joked (while discussing [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Nobel Prize]]) that [[Arab-Israeli Conflict|Yasser Arafat]] got his Nobel Prize just for shaking hands with a Jew; and that if that was all it took to get a Nobel Prize, then, well, the owner of his local Chinese restaurant should get at least a dozen every Christmas.
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* Straight No Chaser's "Christmas Can-Can". In the second verse one singer complains, "It's not fair if you're Jewish," and later adds, "I'm gonna get some Chinese food."
* [[YouTube]] musician Brandon Walker's breakout hit was about this, cleverly titled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dukfZs3RGhw "Chinese Food on Christmas"].
▲== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* Referenced in the comic strip ''[[Stone Soup (comic strip)|Stone Soup]]'', with a Jewish character saying that the song "Jingle Bells" makes him hungry for Chinese food.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In the ''[[Narbonic]]'' parody of ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', the Narbons go to a Chinese restaurant after Dr Narbon blows up the street to get back at the neighbor's dogs. "[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view=archive&chapter=18165&mpe=1&fromwhich=1&direction=f At least, I think it was a restaurant]".
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [http://notalwaysright.com/one-good-takeout-deserves-another/15583 Discussed, lampshaded, and inverted here] on [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]], when a group of Chinese restaurant staff decide to return the favor by going to a Jewish deli for lunch on Christmas. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|They become regular customers.]]
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* In real life, most Chinese families that celebrate Christmas only fill the criteria up to the tree and presents. The food is completely fair game as they are making what they already know how to make. They just put a little more work into it.
* At the Supreme Court hearing for Elena Kagan, she was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Christmas Day Bomber. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asked her where she was on Christmas Day. She replied, "Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant." This exchange is the page quote here.
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