Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
It’s a modern tradition for Jewish people to eat at a Chinese restaurant on Christmas (and then go to the movies). You might have assumed that it’s because Chinese restaurants are open on Christmas Day, and are less crowded when Christians are having a traditional meal at home.
That’s definitely part of it, but the custom has a specific history that goes back to 19th-century immigration patterns in New York City, when Jewish enclaves and Chinese enclaves were next to each other.By and large, Chinese restaurateurs didn’t discriminate against Jewish customers. Joshua Eli Plaut writes in his book A Kosher Christmas: ‘Tis the Season to be Jewish that the Chinese,…
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