Anonymous wrote:Not only is this not a "cultural" part of being Jewish, but there are Jews who have never done this and would never think to. It has nothing to do with Judaism and everything to do with being bored on Christmas.

You are 100% wrong. I am Ashkenazi jewish. My DNA identifies me as such. When I met my wife -- someone who was from a different part of the USA than me, and her family was from a different part of Europe than me. (Russia/Poland vs Austria).

We had similar family traditions. Food, for example: Chinese on Christmas (because it is the only restaurant open). Sunday morning Bagels, cream cheese, and smoked fish (lox, white fish, etc). Brisket. Matzoh Balls for Passover....etc.

Valuing education. Liberal tendencies. We are racially white, but always vote democratic (65-70%).

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Anonymous wrote:My entire family are Christian and many of them have been going to movies on Xmas for YEARS. It has nothing whatsoever with being Jewish. It has more to do with going to see a movie you want to see when you're available to go see it.

Yes, the Chinese food thing is new but my WASP family has also been going to the movies on Christmas day for years. I well remember seeing The Exorcist on Christmas Day.

PS - we went to Panda Gourmet on Christmas Eve last year but we did it because it was one of the few restaurants open.

Anonymous wrote:My entire family are Christian and many of them have been going to movies on Xmas for YEARS. It has nothing whatsoever with being Jewish. It has more to do with going to see a movie you want to see when you're available to go see it.

Yes, the Chinese food thing is new but my WASP family has also been going to the movies on Christmas day for years. I well remember seeing The Exorcist on Christmas Day.

Anonymous wrote:I went to a chinese restaurant last night and I'm not Jewish. Nanny nanny boo boo!! try to stop me!!

And I'm Jewish, and we never went to Chinese restaurants or the movies on Christmas.

"Thou shalt go to a Chinese restaurant and the movies on Christmas" is not one of the 613 mitzvot.

You guys need to look up what cultural appropriation means. Clearly the spirit of Christmas went over your heads and your Bachelor's degrees did not give you the gift of empathy.

I'm not Jewish, but Asian-American (some Chinese). Am I allowed to have Chinese food ok Christmas, or not because the food is Americanized Chinese? I also watched "Christmas Story" last night and cringed at the Chinese restaurant scene that makes fun of the Chinese waiters' accents.

Anonymous wrote:Not only is this not a "cultural" part of being Jewish, but there are Jews who have never done this and would never think to. It has nothing to do with Judaism and everything to do with being bored on Christmas.

I disagree. It goes beyond being bored at Xmas. It isn't part of religious Judaism, but it is at this point a part of American Jewish cultural tradition. I was in NYC over the holiday where plenty of non-Chinese restaurants were open, but I still wanted to do Chinese because that is what I associate with the holiday. Similarly, years ago I spent the holiday in a non-Christian country, but still sought out Chinese that night out of a sense of tradition.

Having said that, the idea that it is cultural appropriation, or otherwise improper, for others to have Chinese on Christmas is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I am so tired of people redefining what cultural appropriation is. Liking something from another culture and bringing it into your life is not cultural appropriation. Taking something from another culture and claiming it to be your own without giving credit to the originators IS cultural appropriation - big, big difference.

I think whites have got that down pat.

I am so tired of people redefining what cultural appropriation is. Liking something from another culture and bringing it into your life is not cultural appropriation. Taking something from another culture and claiming it to be your own without giving credit to the originators IS cultural appropriation - big, big difference.

Anonymous wrote:I wish the Christmas-celebrators would just stay home and play with their toys and spend time with their family. Almost everything is closed - all we have is movies and chinese food. Give us this one tiny thing we found for ourselves.

I think movie tickets are expensive, so it is a "rich" thing to do, maybe? Could be something everyone is saving to splurge on x-mas! If you watch one of the classic Christmas movies, the family end up going to Chinese b/c the dogs ate their turkey

I went to a chinese restaurant last night and I'm not Jewish. Nanny nanny boo boo!! try to stop me!!

Anonymous wrote:what is weird here..the OP who might have been serious, or the responders who think OP is?

Come on!

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Yes! When will it stop?

Cultural appropriation is such a ridiculous topic that it always ends up being a successful troll on DCUM.

I have been going to the movies with my cousins since we were little kids, and this started decades ago. Has nothing to do with being trendy.