Anonymous wrote:I was just reading the thread on resenting other faiths' holidays and multiple Jewish posters mentioned the whole Chinese food and movie thing.

Where on earth did this tradition come from? It cracks me up, since almost every Jew I know has at some point mentioned this but no one seems sure why it became the thing to do.

It's almost trite to hear it (in a good way)!

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Anonymous wrote:Only thing that was open...We always did a double feature and had Chinese food. I remember it was a treat that we got to order the "Pu Pu Platter." Eek, bad Chinese food.

Southern poster, that was a joke that 14:26 made. If it was Pork Lo Mein or Shrimp, it was "Kosher."

.... because (in case PP doesn't know) pork and shellfish are not kosher. However, even my kosher-keeping grandmother will eat them in Chinese food ... so long as either it's not in her house, or is served on a paper plate.

At the risk of outing myself, we are Jewish but have a common non-Jewish name (think Smith). One time we went to the Chinese place to do the traditional Christmas pick-up. The place was packed and they were calling out the names of the pick-up orders: "Goldberg, Silver, Kaufman, Goldstein," etc. Then they call "Smith" -- and I kid you not, the entire place went silent and everyone turned to stare at us. It was hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:See, I grew up in the Midwest, and it was Chinese food and bowling. Lol.